Arsenal want Lyon star Fekir before the World Cup

Bengaluru, February 18: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants Lyon superstar Nabil Fekir in a £45million deal, according to reports.

The Gunners chief has been keeping tabs on the Lyon forward, who has been compared to France legend Youri Djorkaeff.

Reports claim that Wenger wants a deal done before Fekir joins his international team-mates at the World Cup.

Djorkaeff inspired his nation on home soil in 1998 and won the European Championships two years later

And Fekir will be hoping to do the same in Russia after scoring in Lyon's 3-1 Europa League win over Villarreal on Thursday (February 15).

Since Alexandre Lacazette joined the Gunners, the playmaker has been his club's most consistent threat.

The 24-year-old has notched 16 goals already in just 22 games and his arrival would surely take Arsenal's attack to new heights.

With Ozil, Fekir, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang and Lazazette, the Gunners would surely be one of the most potent attacks in the continent but the Gunners have to fend off a host of clubs if they have to sign the playmaker.

Lyon are desperate to keep him at the club but the Gunners' Lacazette swoop proved the Ligue 1 outfit are open to business at the right price.

Fekir has also been linked with Liverpool and Barcelona among others but Real Madrid appears to be his dream destination.

Asked about working with Zinedine Zidane, the ambitious ace gushed: "If tomorrow he calls me, I would never refuse him.

"That's in the back of my mind too. It's good that I'm at Lyon today. It's a very big club.

"But I want to aim for the top. Barca, Real, Bayern, PSG. Why not?

"You have to be ambitious and I am so we'll see what happens."