5 Players Arsenal should consider buying 

#1 Nabil Fekir (Lyon)

The Lyon captain has been a man reborn this season and will be highly sought after

Another potential Arsenal player, another Frenchman. Alexis Sanchez plays on the wings or through the centre and cuts inside the box to score. Nabil Fekir plays on the wings or as a playmaker, cuts inside the box and scores.

Fekir is an ideal replacement for Sanchez as a goal-scoring creative winger.

He began his career in Lyon and has been at Olympique Lyonnais, graduating from their youth system. He made his debut in 2013-14 and had a breakthrough year the following season- 2014/15 when he was named Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year and in the Team of the Year in Ligue 1.

Injury hampered his progress but he returned in 2016/17 and picked up from where he had left off, once more becoming a key part of the Lyon side that reached the Europa League semi-final. Fekir was named the captain at the French club earlier this season and has begun the campaign in scintillating fashion, scoring 11 in 11 Ligue 1 appearances so far.

He has already been linked to a move to the Premier League with Arsenal rumoured to be his preferred choice of club. A hard-worker with bags of flair, Fekir is an unusual talent in the sense that he has the attitude of a grafter and the skill set of a flair player.

One of the qualities that set him apart from Sanchez is his visible passion which was on display in the derby against Saint-Etienne when Fekir took off his shirt his shirt after increasing the lead for Lyon in an away fixture. This sparked a huge protest by Saint-Etienne fans and the stadium had to be emptied.

This clearly shows that he could do with better judgment but the sentiment will endear him to supporters.