Arsenal transfer news roundup: Chelsea could steal midfielder target, Gunners muscle in on Man United bid & Real Madrid prepared to sell £32.9m man

Chelsea to swoop for major Arsenal target

Chelsea are ready to offer John Obi-Mikel to Southampton in a transfer swap-deal for Morgan Schneiderlin in the summer.

The French midfielder has long been linked with an Arsenal switch and the Metro believe it is now a two horse race between the table topping clubs after Chelsea’s late interest.