Arsenal are on the verge of launching an ambitious bid to land Sergi Sampri this summer for a fee, which is believed to be in the region of £8.5million, according to reports emanating from Spanish media outlets such as Mundo Deportivo.

The Spain youth international has been impressing with the Barcelona reserves side for some time now, but has never been able to convince Luis Enrique that he deserves first-team minutes as the highly experienced Sergio Busquets is well ahead of him in the pecking order.

Francis Coquelin has shown massive progress from being a Charlton Athletic outcast to becoming the second best player at the Emirates Stadium and has, thus, made himself a cult figure at the north London club.

With Mathieu Flamini all but set to follow in the footsteps of Abou Diaby, a holding midfielder signing becomes obligatory as only Mikel Arteta will be available to deputise the French ironman.

Arsene Wenger has already brought down raw potentials in the shape of Vladimir Dragomir, Yassin Fortune and Jeff Reine-Adelaide and the signing of Sergi Sampri would make sure the future of the football club is brilliant.

Given the fact other acquisitions from the Camp Nou outfit in Francesc Fabregas and Hector Bellerin have gone on to achieve greatness with the club, he looks less of a gamble even at such a hefty price.

Julen Lopetegui has also expressed their interest to lure him to Estadio do Dragao on a loan deal and given the fact that the man-in-charge at the Portuguese club once donned the Blaugrana strip, a move to Porto is on the cards.