Arsenal interested in West Ham’s Felipe Anderson?

Arsenal are reportedly weighing up a move for West Ham United Brazilian attacker Felipe Anderson.

The reports from England suggest the 27-year-old could signed should Arsenal missed out on Philippe Coutinho who is their primary target.

Arsenal are not the only club said to be interested in Felipe Anderson as his former club Lazio are also said to be chasing their former star player.

But Arsenal have the advantage over the Italian as Felipe Anderson shares the same agent with David Luiz who is currently playing for the club.

Also, Arsenal’s Technical Director, Eduardo César Daud Gaspar (Edu) is a huge fan of the player.

Meanwhile, Arsenal have allegedly upped their efforts in the race to sign Barcelona playmaker Philippe Coutinho.

With Bayern Munich unwilling to take up their option to keep the Brazilian on a permanent deal, Barcelona have been left to wait for offers from elsewhere.

Given their need to raise funds for new players and to balance the books, the Catalan giants are eager to sell the former Liverpool man.

However, according to reports in Spain, Arsenal have made contact with the La Liga runners-up to propose a loan agreement with the option to buy.

Although agreeing to that compromise would get the 28-year-old off the wage bill, it is suggested that Barcelona officials are not prepared to accept such a bid at this time.

Coutinho netted a double on Friday evening as Bayern thrashed his parent club by an 8-2 scoreline in the Champions League quarter-finals.