Arsenal are launching a cash-plus-player swap bid for Borussia Dortmund rebel Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The Sun says the Gunners hope to land Aubameyang this month – and Olivier Giroud could be offered as part of the deal.

Boss Arsene Wenger looks certain to bid for the prolific Gabon international to ease the pain of losing Alexis Sanchez.

The Chilean could join Manchester United in the next 48 hours with Henrikh Mkhitaryan likely to come the other way in a player-plus-cash transfer.

Arsenal also like Bordeaux's £45m-rated hitman Malcom but Aubameyang is Arsenal's priority and they would not sign both.

Wenger's new recruitment supremo Sven Mislintat knows both Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan from his spell at Dortmund.

Equally, Mislintat has already reassured that Wenger party-loving Aubameyang, 28, who has a reputation for being flash, is good to work with.