Arsenal have made tentative enquires with Romanian outfit CFR Cluj regarding their teenage striker Lacina Traoré. The Ivorian powerhouse has been priced at £3.5 million by chairman Iuliu Muresan.

The 19-year-old 6 foot 8 inch (208cm) striker is yet to impose himself on the Cluj first-team on a regular basis but his explosive talent is starting to become known around Europe. Muresan confirmed to the Romanian publication “Prosport” that the club are waiting for the Gunners to firm up their interest with an offer.

    “We’ve had contact with Arsenal, but we have not yet received any concrete offer.”

Lacuna came through the Jean-Marc Guillou Académie de Sol Beni in the Cote d’Ivoire, before moving to Stade d’Abidjan after graduating. Four goals and a collection of assists in just ten matches convinced Cluj to pay a nominal fee and bring the leggy striker to Europe. Now in his third season, Traoré has stuck five goals in eighteen games.

A tall, rangy forward who can play as a central target man or across the forward line in a 4-3-3, Traoré is possibly a little light weight to play in the Premier League straight away so a deal which would involve the Ivorian staying on loan with his current employers until the summer would be a little more favourable for both parties.

Arsène Wenger will not be making a move to sign Andre-Pierre Gignac.

The Arsenal manager has admitted he is considering signing a new striker during the current transfer window and Gignac is just one of a number of names linked with a move to Emirates Stadium.

The 24-year-old has scored 35 goals in 85 appearances for Toulouse and has become a regular in the French international squad, netting four times in ten appearances for Les Blues.

But while Wenger says he is an admirer of the striker, the manager concedes that the French international is too expensive to be an Arsenal transfer target.

"I like the player," admitted Wenger. "I don't need to send people to watch him because I know him well enough already because he plays for the French national team.

"Lyon tried to buy him last year for nearly £20million, so the price was too high."