Kondogbia had an impressive season with Monaco and will give a lot more depth to the midfield. The player will bring the much needed balance between attack and defense. Wenger have made Morgan Schneiderlin as his primary target but with Manchester United entering the race for both Schneiderlin and Gundogan, wenger shifted his focus to Kondogbia.

According to latest reports, Arsenal are interested in AS Monaco defensive midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia and are very close to signing him this summer. Arsene Wenger is highly impressed with the player's abilities during their Champions League clash earlier in the season and reportedly willing to sign him this summer.

Monaco are reluctant to sell the midfielder whom they bought two seasons ago from Sevilla. The French club want to hold on to their player this summer amid interest from Arsenal and Italian outfit Inter Milan.

Arsenal are ready to pay hefty fee for the midfielder as they are willing to pay as much as £25m to secure the signing of the Frenchman. Despite the emergence of Coquelin during the mid season as a holding midfielder, Wenger stressed the importance to sign another defensive midfielder earlier.