Football gists and transfer rumours for today June 2

Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann's struggles at the club could give Arsenal or Inter Milan the chance to sign the 29-year-old France international. (Express) 

Arsenal is hoping centre-back, David Luiz, 33, can try to convince fellow Brazilian Thiago Silva, 35, to join the club after he leaves Paris St-Germain this summer. (Le10 Sport, via Mail)

The Gunners have stepped up their interest in Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey but are unwilling to meet his £45m release clause. (Athletic, via Mirror)

Tottenham and Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier, 27, is interesting Ligue 1 side Monaco, who hope to sign the player this summer. (Sky Sports)

Chelsea's Denmark international defender Andreas Christensen, 24, says he has no intention of leaving the club and is open to a new deal at Stamford Bridge. (Goal.com)

Arsenal and Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 31, looks set to join Roma permanently after his loan deal with the Serie A side was extended. However, Netherlands winger Justin Kluivert, 21, is unlikely to be moving in the opposite direction. (Mail)

Barcelona boss Quique Setien is coming under increasing pressure and Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman, who says he turned down the chance to manage the Nou Camp side in January, was seen moving into a new place in the city. (Mail)

Liverpool and Egypt winger Mohamed Salah, 28, says he wants to stay at the club for "a long time". (Bein Sports, via Express)

Manchester United youngster Largie Ramazani, 19, is closing in on a move to Spanish second-tier side Almeria. The Belgian turned down a deal to stay at Old Trafford. (Manchester Evening News)

Renne's sporting director Florian Maurice said the Ligue 1 side have no intention of selling 17-year-old France U-21 midfielder Eduardo Camavinga amid links to Real Madrid, even for €80m euros (£72m). (AS)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang breaks Arsenal Record Held By Thierry Henry

The Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang breaks Arsenal Record after scoring 50 premier league goals with a brace against Norwich setting a club record in the process. The Gabonese striker became the quickest player in Arsenal's history to reach half a century in the premier league.

Games took to score 50 Premier League goals for Arsenal:

❍ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (79)

❍ Thierry Henry (83)

❍ Ian Wright (87)

❍ Alexis Sanchez (101)

❍ Olivier Giroud (113)

The top pot has a new name.

With this, he has set a new record above the Club all-time scorer Thierry Henry. 

Aubameyang also placed himself amongst some good company in the Premier League record becoming the sixth-fastest player to hit that Figure. 

Fastest players to score 50 Premier League goals:

Andrew Cole

Alan Shearer

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Fernando Torres

Mohamed Salah

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 

Sergio Agüero

Thierry Henry

Kevin Phillips

Diego Costa

The Arsenal Captain has scored 50 goals in just 79 Premier League appearances since joining from Borussia Dortmund. 

Former Man United striker Andy Cole took just 65 matches to hit 50 premier league goals.

Former Blackburn and Newcastle Legend Alan Shearer took just 66 matches to hit 50goals. 

Ruud Van Nistelrooy another Man United start hut that marks with just 68 matches. While Fernando Torres reached the half a century landmark with 72 matches. 

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Manchester United will not pay more than £50m for Borussia Dortmund and England winger Jadon Sancho. However, the Bundesliga club want in excess of £100m for the 20-year-old. (Sky Sports)

Arsenal are considering using French midfielder Matteo Guendouzi, 21, as part of any swap deals this summer. (Mail)

Tottenham are confident of landing Southampton and Denmark midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, 24, this summer but will have to sell players first. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Manchester City are keen to sign Bournemouth and Netherlands defender Nathan Ake. However they may face competition from Chelsea, who are interested in re-signing the 25-year-old. (Athletic - subscription required)

Barcelona right-back Marc Jurado, 16, has left the Catalan club. The Spaniard is set to move to Manchester United in the summer. (ESPN)

Juventus have stepped up their pursuit of Valencia's Ferran Torres, 20. The Spanish winger has been linked to both Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund. (Mail via Onda Cero)

Barcelona have put a £365m release clause in Miralem Pjanic's contract. The Bosnia and Juventus midfielder, 30, is due to join the La Liga club later his summer. (Sun)

Real Madrid and Morocco full-back Achraf Hakimi, 21, has been spotted in Italy prior to a proposed £36m transfer to Inter Milan. (Mail)

Roma have confirmed Henrikh Mkhitaryan's loan move from Arsenal has been extended until the end of the season. The 31-year-old Armenia midfielder joined the Serie A side in September. (Evening Standard)

Manchester City have completed a swap deal that will see 18-year-old Spanish striker Pablo Moreno join them from Juventus, with Portuguese winger Felix Correia, 19, heading to the Serie A side. (Guardian)

Former Rangers centre-back Lorenzo Amoruso, 49, has signed up for the Italian version of Love Island. (Record)

Ozil can be one of worst players in the world', according to Arsenal icon Merson

Paul Merson has claimed Mesut Ozil is 'one of the worst players in the world' when he doesn't have the ball.

The Arsenal midfielder has dropped out of Mikel Arteta's starting line-up – and at Manchester City, the squad – since the Premier League restarted after the coronavirus pause.

He has also not been used in either of their matches against Brighton or Southampton, and didn't make the squad as they beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Arteta has said that the £350,000-a-week German needs 'a little bit of time' before he can play again for Arsenal.

'I think Ozil is a prime example of a player who has to play in a proper team, that is going to be right up there, dominating football matches. He's got to play in a majorly successful team,' Merson told Sky Sports.

'He can't play in this Arsenal team, here's why: he's not going to change his game now in his 30s, and Arsenal aren't going to change their game for him.

'He isn't tracking back, chasing players, and you need him in a team where you're getting 70 per cent of the ball each week, and he'll play. You get players around him, let him play. We all know how Ozil plays, you give him the ball and he'll find you. If you don't have the ball, he won't win it back for you for love nor money.

'He's not interested when they don't have the ball. How can you give someone £350k-a-week when we all knew that was his style of play?

'If he hasn't got the ball he's one of the worst players in the world! I would say that. Name me a worse player in the world when their team doesn't have the ball.

'I've never seen somebody so disinterested when they don't have the ball, but he hurts you at the other end!

'Can Arsenal form a team around him? At the moment, it's at the stage where you can't do that. They're not going to change the team for him. He'll pick up his £350,000-a-week and everything is rosy for him.'

On the decision to hand Ozil a huge pay packet, Merson continued: 'They have to come to a deal with him; maybe he'll take £200k a week somewhere else. I don't know how this gets resolved though.

'Does he want to play football? If he loves football, he has to come to a deal with Arsenal, but it's easy to say that. Nobody wants to lose £150k a week, no matter how much you earn! Who is mad enough to throw that money away, no matter who you are?