Arsenal are in talks with wantaway Borussia Dortmund defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
The Greece international has rejected BVB's attempts to open new contract talks since the New Year.
BILD says Sokratis' agent, Konstantinos Farras, is now in contact with the Gunners about a summer move to London.
The defender's former BVB teammates Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan both join the Gunners in January.
At Arsenal, there's also former BVB football chief Sven Mislintat, who joined the Londoners earlier this season.