Arsenal are interested in Real Betis midfielder Nabil Fekir.

The Sun says the Gunners hoped to sign Fekir from Lyon in 2018, and also showed interest in him a year ago.

Boss Mikel Arteta is now understood to favour a summer move for the Lyon-born ace if Arsenal are unable to make Martin Odegaard's loan move from Real Madrid permanent.

World Cup winner Fekir has amassed 25 caps, but has recently been left out of France's senior squad.

He is tempted to raise his profile with a move away from Seville-based Betis to the Premier League.

Fekir has just signed for a new agency, Promoesport, which also handles the interests of Manchester United's Eric Bailly and Wolves ace Adama Traore.

The winger has an eye-watering £79million release clause in his contract.

However Betis would accept a far lower sum, having paid Lyon just £19m for the forward in 2019.