Borussia Dortmund defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos WANTS to join Arsenal this summer.

Sokratis' minders have been in talks with Arsenal chief Sven Mislintat, who signed the Greek for BVB.

Ruhr Nachrichten says BVB are now prepared to sell after the 29 year-old pulled out of new contract talks last week. The Germans are seeking €20m for the stopper.

Sokratis has offers from England and Italy, but favours Arsenal as his next destination.

Along with Mislintat, Sokratis would find former BVB teammates Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan at Arsenal.