Agent confirms Arsenal and Chelsea keen on £10m Olympic ace wanted by Spurs and Everton

Senegal's Moussa Konate is wanted by a host of Premier League clubs

ARSENAL and Chelsea are both interested in signing Sion striker Moussa Konate, claims the player's agent.

 

Konate, 22, boasts seven goals in nine games for Swiss side Sion this season and is valued at £10million, claim the Sunday People.

He has been tracked by both Tottenham and Everton, the newspaper reports, having impressed as a youngster at the 2012 Olympic Games.

 

The Senegalese ace scored five goals at the Olympics, which included a late equaliser against Great Britain.

And his agent has revealed Premier League clubs are ready to bring him to England.

“Lots of English clubs are interested in Moussa," Antoine Issa Kossoko said.

 

"Chelsea and Arsenal scouts are keeping an eye on him – but he is not obsessed with the Premier League and will consider good offers from Germany, Spain or England.

“Hannover, Mainz and Bruges were keen on him this summer, offering up to £6m.

"But Sion said they would not sell for less than £10m.”

Chelsea are already preparing for a January recruitment drive, with Southampton ace Victor Wanyama on their radar.

It is understood a £20m offer will be enough to prise Kenyan Wanyama from St Mary's.

 

Arsenal, meanwhile, were criticised for not signing an outfield player over the summer - the only club in Europe's top five leagues to do so.

And manager Arsene Wenger is already under pressure to strengthen his squad when the January transfer window opens.

As for Spurs, they brought in Lyon forward Clinton N'Jie this summer as a replacement for Roberto Soldado.

However, they are keen to find a new forward to fill Emmanuel Adebayor's shoes.