Bordeaux midfielder Yoann Gourcuff is fast emerging as the player Arsenal want to replace Cesc Fabregas.

The Gunners are expected to lose Cesc to Barcelona some time this summer.

And among potential replacements, Gourcuff is emerging as the most likely.

The Bordeaux playmaker was instrumental as his team won through to the quarter-finals but the club fell short in the league - finishing sixth.

And with Les Girondins' manager Laurent Blanc primed to replace Raymond Domenech as the France national coach after the World Cup, the Gunners have a great opportunity to steal in.