The agent of Godfred Donsah has confirmed that a number of top clubs have made official enquiries about the availability of his client.

Speaking to the media, Oliver Arthur said

“There’s lots of interest in Donsah right now, especially from clubs in the UK.

“Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal have made official enquiries about him. For now, they are scouting him, and there is nothing concrete.”

Donsah is an 18-year-old defensive midfielder who can also play at right-back, although it’s doubtful that this would be a position Arsenal would require him to play (at least not until all the other right-backs were injured).

Defensive midfield is a position we’ve all been crying out for Arsenal to reinforce for a while, but having lucked-upon Francis Coquelin because of a midfield injury crisis, it would make sense that Wenger would now be looking at a younger player given what we know about the manager.

Coquelin’s emergence is one of the reason’s Arsenal’s odds on finishing in the top three have improved this season with football betting on William Hill online, and they have also been installed as odds-on favourites to retain the FA Cup, despite the fact that Liverpool are still in the competition, after he helped the side win at Old Trafford for the first time in nine years.

On present form it will take someone special to dislodge Le Coq from the team.

Hailing from Ghana Donsah has, predictably, been called ‘the new Michael Essien,‘ so what do we know about the player?

Currently under contract with Cagliari, Donsah’s current deal with the Italian side runs until 2020 so that will certainly add a few more Euros to the price-tag.

He has made 16 appearances in Serie A and scored twice while providing one assist after making the step-up the first team.

While it’s hard to know what level of interest Arsenal hold in a player, if you had to bet on what sort of player they would buy, you’d certainly put your money on it being a youngster rather than a household name.