Arsene Wenger eyes Sevilla midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia

Arsene Wenger has confirmed he wants Sevilla’s Geoffrey Kondogbia.

The £17million-rated France Under-20 midfielder is also on Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid’s radar.

Kondogbia, 20, only arrived in Spanish football from Lens last summer.

Wenger said: “I don’t really want to talk about Kondogbia too much because everyone’s after him at the moment.

“When you ask ‘Are you also interested?’ what do you expect me to say?”

Wenger is desperate for a quality holding midfielder and the Gunners have been linked with moves for a holding midfielder to replace Alex Song after he departed last summer, while midfielder Abou Diaby could be out for the rest of 2013 after suffering a cruciate ligament injury earlier this season.