Arsenal Near Closing £45 Million Deal With AS Monaco's Thomas Lemar

Arsenal's bid to get France international Thomas Lemar off their Ligue 1 counterpart AS Monaco may just be close in spite of having their initial £80 million bid rejected.
The 21-year-old midfielder reportedly has indicated to his club his readiness to join the England side having already reached an agreement with Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger.
He has been reported to have agreed on $45 million deal with Arsenal's manager and expectations are that Monaco left him off soon to join the team this summer.
Lamar joined Monaco from Caen two seasons ago and have made 89 appearance scoring 19 goals with the club.