Arsenal and Manchester United have joined Real Madrid in the race to sign Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen. Huijsen, 19, has quickly established himself as a regular at the heart of Andoni Iraola’s defence following a £13million move from Juventus to the Vitality Stadium in the summer transfer window.

Arsenal moved up to second place in the Premier League with a 1-0 home win against Ipswich on Friday. Mikel Arteta’s side is six points behind leader Liverpool, which has a game in hand. Second-bottom Ipswich had won two of its last three away games but was up against it from the start at the Emirates.

Arsenal began life without Bukayo Saka by beating Ipswich 1-0 to move into second place in the Premier League and cut Liverpool's lead to six points on Friday.Brighton missed the chance to move within one point of the top five as their poor run continued in a 0-0 draw at home to Brentford.

Arsenal are ‘monitoring’ Wolves star Matheus Cunha ahead of the January transfer window, according to reports. Cunha has performed very well in the Premier League this season, conjuring up nine goals and three assists across 17 top-flight games.