Arsenal prepared to cash in on on-loan midfielder

Arsenal are hoping to raise some much-needed transfer funds through the sale of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who is currently on loan at Serie A side Roma, reports The Daily Mirror. 

The Armenian moved to the Serie A outfit from the Gunners last summer, but injuries have restricted the 31-year-old to just eight league starts this season. 

Mkhitaryan has just one year left to run on his current Arsenal deal and the north London side are keen to sell him this summer rather than lose him on a free next year. 

Roma are looking to make his loan move permanent despite a lack of game time and Arsenal are aiming to bring in £10m for the former Manchester United man. 

However, Roma are hoping to negotiate that fee down as both the capital outfit and Arsenal plan ahead. 

Arsenal already face a testing summer ahead due to the Coronavirus pandemic, which has halted all football since mid-March. 

The Gunners had a shoestring budget to work with already this summer and Mikel Arteta will need to be shrewd in the market in order to strengthen in the off-season. 

Despite a lack of game time in Italy's top tier this term, Mkhitaryan has six goals and three assists to his name to yield a WhoScored rating of 7.06.