Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen is on the verge of quitting the club he has been with for a decade with Arsenal watching developments closely.

The 32-year-old Finn is Bolton's longest serving player in the first-team squad and is highly rated both within the club and beyond.

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As well as Arsenal, Inter Milan have already expressed an interest and a number of European clubs would be keen to take the player off Bolton's hands.

Jaaskelainen cost just £100,000 back in 1997 and has played a major part in Bolton's rise from the second tier of English football to an established Premier League side playing in Europe in that time.

Contract negotiations with Bolton have stalled and Jaaskelainen's agent Peter Harrison believes it is unlikely they will be revived.