Arsenal are set for two announcements this week, with Mikel Arteta reportedly agreeing to become manager and now Jack Wilshere signing a new contract.

2Jean-Michael Seri

Nice’s Ivorian midfielder Jean Michael Seri arrives to attend a training session on the eve of the UEFA Champions League football match between Nice and Naples on August 21, 2017. (VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Age: 26
  • Current club: OGC Nice
  • Contract until: 2019
  • Market value: £31.5m

Arsenal have reportedly held talks with Jean-Michel Seri’s representatives as they look to revive a move they tried to make happen last summer.

According to Sky Sports, Arsenal got in touch with Seri’s camp to get discussions started.

This comes just a few days after it was reported that Raul Sanllehi’s involvement could help seal the deal given that he almost landed Seri for Barcelona.

Arsenal’s new director of football reportedly formed a close relationship with the Ivorian last year when he tried to sign him for the Catalans.

That deal didn’t come off, something that Seri reportedly still finds painful, but this summer he is definitely on the move.

Nice are ready to let him, Mario Balotelli, and Alassane Plea leave, with L’Equipe reporting that Arsenal are still interested in Seri who is out of contract next summer.

In their Monday edition, they wrote, “Seri, who focuses interests in the Premier League: Manchester City have added Chelsea – where Roman Abramovich likes him – as well as Arsenal. Raul Sanllehi, director of sports affairs at the London club after having worked for Barça for a long time, has indeed had good relations with the Ivorian midfielder since the player nearly rallied the Catalan giant last summer. The failure of this transfer remains painful for Seri.”

Over the summer, Seri was the only player who came close to Monaco’s Thomas Lemar in terms of Arsenal media speculation.

Arsenal are said to be in the market for a midfielder but Seri’s £36m release fee apparently doesn’t exist so it’s not clear how much he would cost.