West Brom are pushing to sign Arsenal midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

Sky Sports says Baggies boss Sam Allardyce is working hard to convince the club's owners to agree a deal for a six-month loan ahead of Monday's 11pm transfer deadline.

Whilst Maitland-Niles is happy to fill either full back roles, he prefers to play in midfield - which is where Allardyce is most likely to play him.

A number of other Premier League clubs are known to be monitoring the situation after it became known that the Arsenal academy graduate wanted to go on loan until the summer.

Maitland-Niles came close to joining Wolves in the summer, with Arsenal turning down a £15m bid.