Arsenal management remain confident of signing AS Monaco winger Thomas Lemar.

The Mirror says the Gunners have already seen their £30 million bid rejected by Ligue 1 champions Monaco but quickly returned with a £40m offer.

Les Rouges et Blancs are yet to respond but the expectation is it will be rejected once more, report football.london.

But Arsene Wenger will not be deterred and will return with a third bid in order to get his man to follow record signing Alexandre Lacazette.

Monaco are said to be determined to hold on to the 21-year-old, having already lost Bernardo Silva to Manchester City this summer.

But the French club have left Lemar out of the promotional picture for their new away shirt which has just been released.