Liverpool eyeing summer swoop for £12m-rated Arsenal and England star

Liverpool are reportedly interested in signing England international defender Kieran Gibbs this summer, according to Football Insider.

The Premier League side, who finished eighth in the English top-flight standings this term, but reached the final of the 2016 UEFA Europa League, are ready to try and lure the Arsenal left-back to Anfield ahead of the 2016/17 campaign.

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The 26-year-old, who has 10 international caps for the Three Lions but is not included in England’s 23-man squad for EURO 2016 this summer, scored one goal in 27 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners this season.

Gibbs, who has lost his first-team place at the Emirates Stadium to fellow full-back Nacho Monreal, joined Arsene Wenger’s side back in 2004 from Wimbledon after his club disbanded and became Milton Keynes Dons.

With Arsenal ready to cash in on the defender; at which they value him at around £12m, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp is ready to offer him more first-team opportunities at Anfield, with Gibbs set to compete with Alberto Moreno for the left-back spot.