The latest defender Arsenal have been linked with is Atletico Madrid centre-back, Lucas Hernandez.

This isn’t actually the first time we’ve been linked with the 20-year-old – back in May, rumours began to circulate that we could be signing him in order to replace Per Mertesacker, since the big guy was benched an increasing amount toward to end of last season. This seems to be a similar story to what’s being reported now.

The idea of us getting rid of Per doesn’t sit right with me. Adding another centre-back? Yes, fine, but at Per’s expense? No. We’ll just have to see how this plays out.

Check out Hernandez in action below.