REPORT: ARSENAL JOIN LEEDS AND EVERTON IN RACE TO SIGN BUNDESLIGA STAR ON A FREE

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The Telegraph claim Arsenal have joined Leeds and Everton in the race to sign Hoffenheim midfielder Florian Grillitsch on a free transfer.

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The Bundesliga talent is out of contract at the end of the season, and is set to go.

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Grillitsch, 26, has become a household name over the years in German football – with more than 150 appearances for Hoffenheim, and more than 50 at boyhood club Werder Bremen.

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Indeed, the 33-time Austria international is one of many available on a free. The Telegraph report states Arsenal, Leeds and Everton are all interested.

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Not only is he a natural holding midfielder, but he can also play more as a box-to-box midfielder – or even more recently, at centre-back.

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Grillitsch would be a top signing for all three clubs. Arsenal offer Europe and it would certainly be the most tempting of moves – but the question is, would he start for the Gunners?

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It could depend on the future of Granit Xhaka, who is likely to be linked with the exit door once again this summer.

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