Arsenal admired Lyon midfielder Nabil Fekir has revealed that his dream is to play for Barcelona in the future.

Fekir is one of the most sought after young attacking midfielders in the world at the moment and after a scintillating season with Lyon, most clubs are keeping a close watch on him.




The 21-year-old, who was recently voted the French Young Player of the Year, is a long-term target for Arsenal and there is talk that Arsene Wenger is plotting a summer move for the player.

While the youngster has maintained that he wants to continue to develop at the Stade de Gerland, it has not stopped clubs from dreaming of snaring him away from Lyon this summer.
 


With some of the top clubs willing to offer big money to sign him, Fekir revealed that his dream is to play for Barcelona. He added that the Catalan giants have attracted him since his childhood and he wants to wear their colours at some point in his career.

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“Since childhood, the club of my dreams is Barcelona”, Fekir told Lyonnais a 20 Minutes.

“If I am lucky enough to go there, that would be a wonderful story.”

Fekir has scored 15 goals and provided 13 assists in his 38 appearances in all competitions for Lyon this season.

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