{"id":1094569,"date":"2019-06-19T16:05:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T15:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1094569"},"modified":"2019-06-19T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T15:05:25","slug":"borussia-monchengladbach-arsenal-west-ham-target","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/borussia-monchengladbach-arsenal-west-ham-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude-Maurice casts doubt on Arsenal move with Bundesliga confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FC Lorient midfielder Alexis Claude-Maurice confirms he wants to join Borussia Monchengladbach amid strong Premier League links.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old French under-20 international has been heavily associated with a move to Arsenal and West Ham.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Alexis Claude-Maurice? Five things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Age:<\/strong> 21<\/li>\n<li><strong>Position:<\/strong> Midfielder<\/li>\n<li><strong>Career path so far:<\/strong> FC Lorient<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Claude-Maurice scored the second-highest number of Ligue 2 goals (14) for Lorient in 2018\/19.<\/li>\n<li><b>Did you know? <\/b>Claude-Maurice scored three Ligue 2 goals in 2017\/18, with two of those assisted by Arsenal&#8217;s\u00a0Matteo Guendouzi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7291399-man-utd-s-galaxy-brain-move-trade-pogba-for-two-real-madrid-midfielders<\/p>\n<p>Since coming up through FC Lorient&#8217;s academy Claude-Maurice has gone on to make 59 appearances in all competitions for the first team registering 18 goals and creating four more.<\/p>\n<p>A left-sided midfielder, who is also capable of playing behind the centre-forward or on the flank, Claude-Maurice sees his present deal with the Ligue 2 club expire in June 2021 but feels he&#8217;s ready to make a step-up this summer.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0Les Merlus failing to secure promotion to the French top-flight, it now looks certain the Parisian will leave the Stade du Moustoir, and he has now revealed his ideal transfer would be to the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yannick Carrasco, Bruno Fernandes, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xRJ-5tmqd-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to join Gladbach [Borussia Monchengladbach]. 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