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Arsenal transfer rumours: Arsene Wenger wants Romelu Lukaku?

Romelu Lukaku of Belgium celebrates scoring his team's first goal
Image: Could Arsene Wenger swoop for Everton's Romelu Lukaku?

Which are the most credible Arsenal transfer rumours right now?

Sky Sports has teamed up with Football Whispers to bring you the hottest transfer talk of the moment, as Arsene Wenger looks to improve his squad ahead of the upcoming Premier League season.

Football Whispers have developed a unique algorithm to take all of the transfer rumours from across the globe and calculate the likelihood of them happening.

They track transfer stories and give them a score out of 5.0, with the hottest Whispers closest to 5.0.

The top three are:

1. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) - 3.4

Belgium's forward Romelu Lukaku (R) vies with Sweden's defender Martin Olsson

Belgium's emphatic 4-0 victory over Hungary at Euro 2016 has seen Lukaku resurface as the main summer transfer target for the Gunners.

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The Belgian has been linked with a return to former club Chelsea but Football Whispers thinks a move to Arsenal is more likely. 

The striker has been coy about his future and when asked about his whereabouts next season, Lukaku told Sky Sports News HQ: "It's my agent who is dealing with that aspect. I'm just focused on Belgium, and the most important thing is helping my team."

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Romelu Lukaku remained coy on his future and said he is only focusing on Euro 2016 with Belgium

2. Islam Slimani (Sporting Lisbon) - 3.0

Sporting's Algerian forward Islam Slimani celebrates after scoring a goal during the Portuguese league football match SC Braga vs Sporting CP at the Munici

Slimani shot into the Football Whispers chart after Jamie Vardy snubbed the Gunners in favour of remaining at Leicester City.

The 28-year-old Algerian, who scored an impressive 31 goals in 44 appearances for Sporting last season, would cost Arsenal a similar fee to what Vardy would have cost them.   

3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) - 2.7

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga, 5 December 2015

Despite being heavily linked with a summer move to Manchester City, Dortmund's lethal frontman has continued to attract interest from across Europe.

As with their other reported targets, Arsenal's failure to lure Jamie Vardy to the Emirates Stadium has, according to the Football Whispers rankings, reignited their pursuit of Aubameyang.

As such, the Gabon international has leaped five places into the top three. Whether this means he's about to make the leap to north London remains to be seen, though.

Hottest Arsenal whispers - Monday, June 27

Player Club FW rating (out of 5)
Romelu Lukaku Everton 3.4
Islam Slimani Sporting 3.0
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Dortmund 2.7
N'Golo Kante Leicester 2.0
David Alaba Bayern 1.7
Mario Gotze Bayern 1.4
Mauro Icardi Inter Milan 1.4
Ricardo Rodriguez Wolfsburg 1.3
Daley Blind Man Utd 1.3
Yannick Carrasco Atletico Madrid 1.0

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