Viktor Gyokeres is finally on his way to Arsenal, so that sports director Andrea Berta can focus his attention on the sale of the players who are undesirable by Mikel Arteta
Arsenal will soon have six summer transfers in the bag, with deals for Viktor Gyokeres and Crithian Mosquera Close.
The Gunners have signed Noni Madueke, Martin Zubimendi, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Christian Norgaard, but are not yet ready. Gyokeres is finally close to becoming an Arsenal player, while Mosquera's move from Valencia is almost done.
Mikel Arteta and his players are on their way to their tour for the season, where they played AC Milan in Singapore on Wednesday. There is much more to solve for the next preseason-friendly against Alexander Isak-Less Newcastle this weekend.
They know the importance of this summer after three consecutive second place in the Premier League, so that is why the brakes do not start yet. Here are the latest reports and rumors about Arsenal and transfers.
Gyokees flies inside
After weeks and weeks of negotiations, it is expected that the Swedish striker will be in London on Friday to complete the last pieces of the transfer. The 27-year-old sits down to iron his contractual details.
Fortunately, the rest has already been sorted: a guaranteed reimbursement of £ 55.1 million (€ 63.5 million), plus £ 8.7 million (€ 10 million) in add-ons for Sporting Lisbon. It took so long that Gyokeres missed the majority of the preseason with his new club before the Premier League starts.
But after flying in the English capital, Gyokeres will be poured to Singapore to meet his teammates and Arteta. He could make his debut against Newcastle on Sunday, if everything goes to plan.
Four players to sell
Arsenal has worked hard this summer on signing new players, but must also get rid of their unwanted players. Sports director Andrea Berta is working on two fronts – and the focus can focus on sales when Gyokees and Mosquera are ready.
Fabio Vieira, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Reiss Nelson and Oleksandr Zinchenko are four players who are now on the transfer list. Nelson was on loan last season at Fulham and Marco Silva was asked whether the club could consider a permanent transfer for the winger.
“Reiss Nelson was with us last season; he was very bad luck in terms of his injury record last season,” he said. “Perhaps at his best moment of the season, he had a bad injury that broke the momentum of him. But he is not our player now, he is an Arsenal player, so I'm not talking about players from another club.”
Eze -Timenine
Arsenal may have to wait if they want to sign Ebereechi Eze from Crystal Palace this summer. Eze is one of the players they are looking at, together with Newcastle's Anthony Gordon and Real Madrid's Rodrygo.
He has a release clause of £ 68 million and Palace is firm and says that he will only be sold if that compensation is reached. Now Football London reports that they will not punish a sale until they know the outcome of their appeal against UEFA's decision to kick them from the Europa League.
Palace hopes to hear from the court of arbitration for sport before 11 August, which is only a few days before the start of the Premier League season. The future of Eze is in the air until that time.