Former Manchester United and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has singled out Arsenal target Ismaila Sarr as one of the Ligue 1 players to look out for, and had compared him to Barcelona star Ousmane Dembele.
Sarr has been linked to Arsenal for several months and the Rennes player impressed Gunners chiefs when he faced Arsenal in the Europa League last 16 tie, a game in which he scored in.
Reports suggest that Rennes will be after a fee of around £12 million for the 21-year-old, who has scored 12 goals and assisted a further 11 in all competitions this season.
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Arsenal face competition for the player, with Leicester City, Roma and AC Milan all also said to be interested.
Now, Mourinho looks to have joined the long list of the player's admirers.
"If I speak [about players] I think that their agents will be very happy," he told RMC Sport .
"But for example, I like Allan Saint-Maximin, I like his speed, and I think Ismaila Sarr has a little bit of [Ousmane] Dembele in him.
"There are a lot of players in Ligue 1 who have great potential."
Arsenal are on the lookout for a new winger in order to provide more service to striking duo Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette. Unai Emery's men have also been heavily linked with Bournemouth's Ryan Fraser and Leandro Trossard from Genk.
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