The Gunners are determined to bolster their forward line during the close season after they left themselves desperately short of goalscoring options last season.
Injuries to Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz effectively ended any hope Arsenal had of sustaining their Premier League title challenge.
Reinforcements are certain to arrive in the coming months with their options at centre forward likely to boil down to Benjamin Sesko and VIktor Gyokeres.
Arsenal looked at signing Rogers’ Villa teammate Ollie Watkins in January but baulked at the £60million valuation.
According to The Times, Arteta’s attention has now switched to the more versatile Rogers who has enjoyed a stellar rise over the course of the last 18 months.
The 22-year-old joined Villa from Middlesbrough in a £15million deal after he had taken the decision to leave Manchester City.
Rogers has since established himself as a senior England international and decorated Villa’s run the quarter finals of the Champions League.
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