Chelsea have joined Liverpool in the race to sign Arsenal attacking midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sky Sports has revealed.
The Englishman enjoyed a very solid second part of last season and has attracted interest from a number of English Premier League clubs.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has made it clear at the start of the month that his objective is to keep key players at the Emirates.
Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil are two other players linked with a move away from the Emirates but the Frenchman is determined to keep his squad intact.
"We have some young players who will join the squad next season," Wenger told Arsenal Player.
"Like Reiss Nelson, like Ainsley Maitland-Niles already. So they are two players.
"So we have quality players who might have a chance next season and hopefully we will be able to do that again because that's part of the DNA of the club as well.
"The first quality we have that will be needed is to keep the [first-team] players together. The team has learned a lot, but to transfer that into the new season the first ingredient and the first request is that they stay together, that they fight together.
"So that's basically my answer: let's keep them all together."
