MIKEL ARTETA is plotting an overhaul at Arsenal with three Spanish stars on his transfer wishlist.

But Lucas Torreira could be on his way to AC Milan, while Mesut Ozil's agent has come out against wage cuts for Premier League stars.

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• GOOD MORNING ARSENAL FANS,

  SunSport's Cliff Hayes reports that Mesut Ozil's super-agent has called for all Premier League stars’ representatives to join the bitter coronavirus wage war.
  Dr Erkut Sogut — the man who negotiated Arsenal midfielder Ozil’s mega £350,000-a-week Emirates contract — insists agents should be included in the current tense pay talks between the League, the PFA, clubs and players.
  He declared: “It is not easy for everyone but it’s time for the clubs to talk directly to the players and their representatives to solve this problem.
  “This is what we are lacking right now. And the one thing that can be done is a deferral.
  “That is a start, to say, ‘Let’s defer these payments to the end of the year or next year’.
  “That is something players and clubs can agree quickly, so the clubs know they will have no cash problems and go on for the next three months. A deferral is a protection for everyone.”

  Elsewhere, AC Milan are reportedly lining up a fresh £35million swoop for Lucas Torreira after they failed in their bid to bring him back to Italy last summer.
  Italian outlet Corriere hello Sport even suggest Torreira is keen to head back to Italy with his agent “sending positive signals” to Milan chiefs.

  And Matteo Guendouzi believes that football should NOT resume at all until the coronavirus pandemic is completely over.
  The Frenchman told Telefoot: “For me, what I think is most important is to not start things up again, no games, no training, until this epidemic stops.
  “What’s most important is everybody’s health, and not just in the football world, but in the medical world and the world in general. That’s really what’s most important.
  “I’m in favour of nothing starting up again until this virus is taken off this world.”

• HOLD ON

  Rob Holding told Arsenal fans to stay safe and follow the government guidelines in a Q&A session on Twitter tonight.

• SOG IT TO 'EM

  Exclusive by Cliff Hayes: Mesut Ozil's super-agent has called for all Premier League stars’ representatives to join the bitter coronavirus wage war.

  Dr Erkut Sogut — the man who negotiated Arsenal midfielder Ozil’s mega £350,000-a-week Emirates contract — insists agents should be included in the current tense pay talks between the League, the PFA, clubs and players.

  He declared: “It is not easy for everyone but it’s time for the clubs to talk directly to the players and their representatives to solve this problem.

  “This is what we are lacking right now. And the one thing that can be done is a deferral.

  “That is a start, to say, ‘Let’s defer these payments to the end of the year or next year’.

  “That is something players and clubs can agree quickly, so the clubs know they will have no cash problems and go on for the next three months. A deferral is a protection for everyone.”

• SIMON JORDAN

  Football is in trouble. Whether it’s concerned in private or wringing its hands in public, the landscape is challenging right now.

  Clubs currently have no revenue streams, no means of income and the Premier League are faced with broadcasters who will want back £762million (around £38m per club) if games aren’t played.

  So, surely the solution is simple? Elite players will help by taking pay cuts, reducing the obligations on their stricken clubs and potentially helping other members of the so-called Football Family.

  The players’ union, the PFA, will enable the solution by preserving the here, now and future — right? Wrong!

  It’s turning into a battlefield. Apparently players have “only” had three weeks to consider this and, come on, that’s not a reasonable amount of time?

  I mean what can you do in three weeks? I know, build a 4,000-bed hospital in East London, perhaps?

  Read more HERE.

• GUEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

  Arsenal star Matteo Guendouzi has warned against football restarting until coronavirus “is taken off this world”.

  He told French media outlet TF1: “For me, what I think is most important is to not start things up again, no games, no training, until this epidemic stops.

  “What’s most important is everybody’s health, and not just in the football world, but in the medical world and the world in general. That’s really what’s most important.

  “I’m in favour of nothing starting up again until this virus is taken off this world.”

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