will still have hopes of winning a major trophy this season despite the disappointment of results across the Premier League at the weekend.

The were beaten by West Ham on Saturday before title rivals Liverpool secured a victory over Manchester City 24 hours later. The results meant that Arsenal are now 11 points behind the Merseyside club in the table with a game in hand and will now prepare to face Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night.

It remains to be seen what Arsenal will achieve this season, but that is not stopping rumours from circling, claiming that transfer plans are already being put in place. Speculation has already been doing the rounds about the players that are apparently on the Gunners' radar as the summer transfer window fast approaches. Here, football.london assesses some of the latest and rumours that have emerged over the last 24 hours.

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Arsenal have reportedly stepped up their interest in signing Borussia Dortmund star Jamie Gittens.

According to , the Gunners have identified Gittens as a potential target for the summer transfer window, having been keeping tabs on the Dortmund forward over the last few months. It has been reported that the Bundesliga club have set a £70million asking price for the 20-year-old ahead of the summer.

The report claims that Arsenal will face competition from Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Aston Villa for Gittens' signature. It has also been suggested that the forward, who has scored 11 goals this season, would be keen to return to England five years after leaving Man City to join Dortmund.

football.london says: It should be no surprise to see Arsenal linked with signing a new forward, particularly with the current injury woes in the forward line of the squad. Gittens has been tipped to have a bright future and has been linked with the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea in the past and would certainly add valuable quality and depth to the options in Arteta's squad.

Arsenal will reportedly battle Liverpool for the signing of Ademola Lookman from Atalanta.

According to, the Gunners have joined the race to sign Lookman in the summer transfer window. The report claims that it's likely the 27-year-old will leave the Serie A club at the end of the season, with several clubs apparently expressing an interest.

It has been claimed that they made "enquiries" to Atalanta about the chances of signing Lookman but are yet to ramp up their efforts to bring the player to the Emirates. Instead, it has been suggested that Liverpool are leading the race for the former Everton and Leicester City star.

football.london says: Lookman showed his quality during last season's Europa League final with his match-winning hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen. If Arsenal can sign Lookman and he can replicate the form he's shown in Italy, the Gunners would have a talented and valuable forward on their hands, to say the least.