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Atletico Madrid winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco.
Atletico Madrid winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco at Vicente Calderon stadium, Madrid, February 4. Carrasco has been linked with a summer move to Arsenal. Denis Doyle/Getty

Arsenal and Chelsea will battle for Atletico Madrid winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco in the summer transfer window, according to reports.

Carrasco, 23, is reported by The Sun newspaper to have fallen out with Atletico manager Diego Simeone and a potential move has put many of Europe's top clubs on high alert.

Arsenal and Chelsea would both be interested in a transfer, with Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain also tracking the Belgium international winger.

Carrasco, who scored a memorable goal in the 2016 UEFA Champions League final that he celebrated by kissing his girlfriend Noemie Happart, would be available for around £40 million ($49.9 million).

Chelsea has no problem paying those kinds of transfer fees, though Arsenal would have to break its transfer record for Carrasco, something manager Arsene Wenger may be unwilling to do.

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