Also on the radar is Gent attacker Jonathan David, while Willian and Ryan Fraser – who will be out of contract at Chelsea and Bournemouth at the end of the season – are other forwards being watched.
Arteta said when explaining his transfer plans to Sky Sports earlier this month: “I’m planning two or three different scenarios that we can face.
“Depending on one of those three, we will be able to do more, less or nothing.
“We have to react daily. We don’t know what the financial situation is going to be, we don’t know the rules, the timing, the window.
“There are so many things we cannot control at the moment.”
Arsenal legend Charlie Nicholas would prefer to see his former club hold on to Aubameyang – even if it meant handing him a huge contract.
“While I do believe that Arsenal need to fund a rebuild, my preference would be to offer Aubameyang what he wants,” he told Sky Sports.
