Arsenal sent a scout to watch Jonny Evans in West Brom’s pre-season friendly with Torquay on Monday, according to The Daily Mail.
The Gunners are in the market for a new central defender and face a race against time to land someone before the start of the 2016-17 campaign later this month, with the first game against Liverpool.
Per Mertesacker’s knee ligament injury has left the North Londoners short of options in the heart of their rearguard and a host of new players have been linked with a move to the Emirates Stadium outfit.
Evans is an experienced campaigner that starred for Northern Ireland at Euro 2016 and has played in the Champions League on countless occasions for Manchester United.
Reports in the press in the last seven days have stated that Arsenal are considering a £15 million offer for the versatile defender, with the centre-half clearly in Arsene Wenger’s consideration.
