Arsenal transfer news: Man United 'investigate' shock deal for £38.5m-rated Hale End talent

Manchester United person a genuine involvement successful Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly and are 'investigating the feasibility of a deal, according to a report.

The Red Devils are successful the marketplace for a caller left-back to vie with and screen for Luke Shaw adjacent season, arsenic Patrick Dorgu has been deployed successful a much precocious relation and Diego Leon is inactive learning his trade.

Newcastle United's Lewis Hall is viewed arsenic a premier people for Man United, but Chelsea whitethorn person a trump card successful the contention to bring the £60m-rated England planetary backmost to West London.

As a result, Man United are considering alternatives to Hall, and The Independent claims that an 'intriguing' determination for Lewis-Skelly is being considered astatine Old Trafford.

Man United 'investigating' Myles Lewis-Skelly deal

The 20-time English champions are understood to person a 'long-standing interest' successful the Arsenal academy merchandise - valued astatine £38.5m by Transfermarkt - who was connected the fringes of the archetypal squad for overmuch of past season.

Riccardo Calafiori and Piero Hincapie were preferred astatine left-back to Lewis-Skelly, portion Martin Zubimendi and Declan Rice were Mikel Arteta's 2 shoo-ins successful midfield.

However, arsenic Zubimendi began to amusement signs of fatigue towards the extremity of the season, Lewis-Skelly earned his accidental successful a cardinal role, starting Arsenal's Champions League semi-final second-leg triumph implicit Atletico Madrid and last decision to Paris Saint-Germain.

The 19-year-old besides impressed successful midfield during Arsenal's 4-1 affable triumph implicit Girona connected Saturday, claiming an assistance for Max Dowman, and the Gunners are not looking to actively merchantability him.

Lewis-Skelly lone signed a caller declaration astatine the Emirates until 2030 past summer, but a merchantability cannot beryllium wholly ruled retired if Arsenal property up with big-money deals for Bruno Guimaraes and Vinicius Junior.

Should Arsenal merchantability Myles Lewis-Skelly?

The clip has travel for Arsenal to beryllium brutal successful the transportation market, an attack that the Gunners person perpetually failed to follow erstwhile it comes to subordinate income successful particular.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's £35m determination to Liverpool successful 2017 remains Arsenal's grounds sale, since erstwhile the Gunners person either terminated big-money contracts oregon allowed players to determination connected for humble fees, simply owed to the tendency to get those names disconnected the books.

Granted, Arsenal's concern has aided their palmy Premier League rubric quest, but if Andrea Berta is superior astir landing Bruno Guimaraes and Vinicius Junior, hard - and unpopular - decisions volition person to beryllium made.

That being said, Arsenal person galore different players who should beryllium placed beforehand and centre successful the store model earlier Lewis-Skelly; Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, Ben White, Fabio Vieira, and possibly adjacent Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz.

Unless Man United travel successful with an connection excessively bully to garbage - accidental £60m positive - Arsenal person nary bully crushed to see selling Lewis-Skelly, whose fearlessness, adaptability, cognition and property makes him a prized asset.