According to reports from Spain, the Gunners identified the 27-year old as one of their striker targets last week after Dusan Vlahovic left them to join Juventus.

Mundo Deportivo reported January 26th that the north London club had reactivated their interest in De Tomas. However, Espanyol do not intend to let him go in the winter market if his EUR70m release clause has not been triggered.

Sport Witness Mikel Arteta was contacted later in the day by a source who said that Spain's international had not shown any interest.

AS reported Monday that Pierre Emerick Aubameyang could be moving to Barcelona, opening the way for Arsenal to approach the Espanyol star by the deadline.

Sport Witness understands that there is no interest from the Premier League to sign De Tomas in the January window.

This season, the attacker has scored 12 goals and assisted two others in 21 league games.