The race for one of Europe's hottest properties is well and truly on with Dusan Vlahovic set to leave Fiorentina.

After equalling Cristiano Ronaldo's Serie A goals in a calendar year record at the weekend, Fiorentina director Joe Barone effectively admitted their star forward will be leaving having rejected the largest contract offer in the club's history.

Vlahovic has been in sensational form this season which has seen some of Europe's biggest clubs be linked with him

A number of Premier League clubs have been linked with the 21-year-old, including Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal.

If the Serbian was to join Arsenal, he's been cited as an ideal replacement to replace the out-of-favour Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

But it's a striker who famously turned down Arsenal who Vlahovic idolises, having previously said 'I am a Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Belgrade'.

Arsenal will hope for a better luck in their potential approach for Vlahovic than when they went after the real Ibrahimovic, who caught Arsene Wenger's eyes as he starred for Swedish outfit Malmo...

'Zlatan doesn't do trials' has gone down in folklore. Will Vlahovic do the same to Arsenal?

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"I went to London for an appointment with Wenger, who asked me to audition for the Gunners," Ibrahimovic recalled.

"I told him 'I will not do a trial: either you take me or not, I'm not here to waste time.'

"I already had that kind of trust, because in my mind I was the strongest of all even when I was young. I met Wenger because I expected him to tell me to start with them right away. But Ibra does not test.

"When I was young, in my mind no one was better than me.

"I watched Ronaldo, Romario and Baggio on TV and I had one goal: I wanted to show that I was the best."