Former Arsenal transfer fixer Dick Law admits they considered Atletico Madrid winger Thomas Lemar when Arsene Wenger was in charge.

Arsenal were hot favourites to land Lemar in the summer of 2017 and had even agreed a deal with the then Monaco man.

But the deal, which was due to take place on Deadline Day, ran away from Arsenal.

"We had a deal done for Lemar, Sanchez had a deal done with City. But Lemar had been called up for France and Monaco had played the thing out and they ended up playing it out too long," Law told Goal.

"They didn't send a clear signal to the player before he left for the national team and when they did send that signal, Lemar was already there with the French national team on the day of their international match and the deal fell apart.

"It was a shame because it would have been interesting to see Lemar at Arsenal, but you have to move on from these decisions and circumstances. You can't sit and dwell on what might have been."