Arsenal deliver firm response to £25m ‘informal offer’ from Saudi Pro League for Arteta’s ‘key’ star

According to reports, Arsenal have responded to an informal offer from Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad for Belgium international Leandro Trossard.

The Premier League giants had a positive summer transfer as they signed David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino on permanent deals before Raheem Sterling joined them on loan from Chelsea on deadline day.

English clubs are unable to make any more signings until January as the summer window closed on Friday night.

Teams in Saudi Arabia have until Monday night to close any late deals they are pursuing and it s emerged that Al-Ittihad have made a move to sign Trossard from .

On Monday morning, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano revealed: Saudi side Al Ittihad submit a proposal in the region of €35m for