Arsenal to send scouts to monitor 'Lionel Messi clone': Reports

Konstantelias, who is earmarked for a senior Greece cap in the next international break, has featured in 13 games for PAOK this season, providing four assists

He is capable of playing in both attack and defence and like Messi, likes to take on players

Barcelona had taken Konstantelias on trial as a 15-year-old but failed to agree on a € 1 million deal The teenager, now, is valued at close to £10m, according to reports

It is understood that even if he is sold by PAOK in January, he would return to Greece on loan for the remainder of the season

Arsenal, who are on top of the Premier League table, are also gunning for Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhaylo Mudryk but have already seen two of their bids rejected

Now, according to reports, they might lose him to London rivals Chelsea

Earlier in the week, Newcastle held Premier League leader Arsenal scoreless in a 0-0 draw between title challengers The Gunners have scored in every other league game this season en route to what is now an eight-point lead over Manchester City, which plays at Chelsea on Thursday