According to L’Equipe (via GFFN), Arsenal have made opening contacts for Lyon attacking midfielder Nabil Fékir, but they are yet to strongly position themselves for a move.
Breaking | Arsenal have made opening contacts for Nabil Fékir, but are yet to concretely position themselves, according to tomorrow’s L’Équipe. A deal probably won’t happen if the Gunners don’t sell Mesut Özil. More follows tomorrow.
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) July 2, 2019
A deal is most likely to fall through, though, if Mesut Özil remains at the North London club given that both players feature primarily in the same role.