ARSENAL are trying to negotiate a cut-price deal for goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
SunSport exclusively revealed the Gunners are hoping to scrape together £60million this summer from a fire sale of Emirates outcasts.
And German goalkeeper Leno, 30, is one of seven-players in for the chop at a knockdown price.
Portuguese outfit Benfica are interested but are quibbling over Arsenal’s £8.5million valuation of the stopper.
Aaron Ramsdale’s £30m arrival last summer has restricted Leno to just four Premier League appearances this campaign.
Leno is now deemed surplus to requirements with American goalkeeper Matt Turner set to arrive in the summer as backup to Ramsdale.
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An £8.5m sale would mean a £14m loss on Leno after he signed from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen for £22.5m four-years ago.
The nine-cap Germany international has played 125 games in total for the Gunners.
But with plans to spend £150m this summer, a yard sale of players is expected.
Boss Mikel Arteta is happy to let Hector Bellerin, Lucas Torreira, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Pablo Mari leave alongside Leno.
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The Spaniard doesn’t consider any of the forgotten stars to be in his plans.
Matteo Guendouzi and Konstantinos Mavropanos have already generated £12.5million after being offloaded to Marseille and Stuttgart respectively.
And further sales would help build up funds for a transfer splurge ahead of a return to the Europa League next season.
