Sokratis Papastathopoulos is seeking a move away from Arsenal, it has been claimed.

Corriere del Mezzogiorno says the Greek centre-back is trying to get out of his Arsenal contract, which would both allow him to move on a free transfer and remove his wages from Arsenal's salary bill.

Roma and Napoli have been mentioned as options, but neither is likely to pay up a transfer fee for the defender who has one year left on his contract.

Arsenal are keen to make room in their squad for Lille defender Gabriel.