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Monaco and PSG turn up heat on Arsenal for Bacary Sagna
ARSENAL look destined to sell right-back Bacary Sagna this summer, after Monaco joined PSG in the race to sign the Frenchman.
Sagna's Arsenal future has been the subject of much discussion in recent months, with increasing reports that the player is set for a move back to his homeland.
With his current contract set to expire in the summer of 2014 - after the 30-year-old rejected fresh terms - the Gunners may be ready to cash in on interest from France.
Mega-rich Ligue 1 leaders PSG are thought to be prepared to offer £8m for Sagna, and now Monaco are weighing up a move for the stopper.
The French coastal club are on course for promotion from Ligue 2 this season, and under Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev are set to embark on a hefty summer spending spree.
With Carl Jenkinson proving an able deputy at times this season, Arsene Wenger may allow Sagna to move on if the price is right.
Sochaux's Sebastian Corchia has been scouted as a potential replacement, while young Nico Yennaris could be promoted from the reserves having impressed during the Under-21's run to the last four of the NextGen Series.