Both Liverpool and Arsenal are looking to sign Reading left-back Jordan Obita for a fraction of the price they would have had to pay Southampton for Luke Shaw according to the Daily Mirror.
The England U-19 has won rave reviews this season while making 36 appearances for Reading putting him firmly on the radar of both Liverpool and Arsenal, with the Anfield giants having tracked him for months while the Gunners see him more as a star of the future.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has gone on the record this summer as saying that the club needs to bring in defenders, while Arsenal still have Kieran Gibbs and Nacho Monreal as left-backs, yet are impressed by the 20-year-olds potential.
