Transfer rumour roundup: Arsenal’s defender obsession grows, while Manchester United chase mystery midfielder | OneFootball

Do Arsenal really need more defenders? And who is Manchester United's mystery midfield target? We're back with the latest transfer talk in rumour roundup.

If there's one thing Mikel Arteta loves, it's a defender. TheArsenal boss stockpiled more defensive talent in the summer with the arrivals of Piero Hincapie and Cristhian Mosquera, but he's done done there.

According toCaught Offside, Eintracht Frankfurt left-back Nathaniel Brown and Sporting Lisbon centre-back Ousmane Diomande are on the radar.

Justhow many defenders does one man need?

Defenders appear to be flavour of the month.Chelsea want Jeremy Jacquet, of Rennes, but will need to stump up more than £60m for the teenager, say RMC Sport. Rennes want a record fee for their latest hot prospect, eclipsing the £55m that took Jeremy Doku to Manchester City.

Time to open up that chequebook again, Todd.

Another French defender in demand is Pierre Kalulu. There's a three-way tussle for theJuventus defender, say Calciomercato, with Spurs, Aston Villa and Manchester United all involved. Any deal will likely have to wait until the summer.

Aston Villa and Spurs are also in battle for another transfer target closer to home. Brentford forward Kevin Schade is on both side's wish-list, with Newcastle also taking a liking to the German. Caught Offside claim Brentford will whack a €50m asking price on the winger, who has scored six Premier League goals this season.

Finally, despite Kobbie Mainoo's impressive return and derby day triumph this weekend,Manchester United are reportedly weighing up a loan approach for a mystery midfielder.

Transfer insiderBen Jacobs has made the claim, with only few precious clues for fans to suss out the suspect.

The player in question has pastPremier League experienced, but is NOT former Wolves captain and regularly-linked Al-Hilal star Ruben Neves.