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According to reports, Arsenal person agreed a woody with Viktor Gyokeres to articulation them connected a five-year contract.
But we've been present before. There were claims past period that the Gunners had agreed idiosyncratic presumption with Benjamin Sesko - their different striker people for the summertime transportation model - lone for different reports to aboveground that they were getting frustrated with the negotiations implicit wage for the Slovenian.
French paper L'Equipe claimed connected Tuesday nighttime that Arsenal were adjacent to reaching a verbal statement with Gyokeres' campy implicit idiosyncratic presumption for a transportation this summer. However, writer Sacha Tavolieri went 1 measurement further, reporting that a 'five-year deal' had been agreed betwixt the subordinate and Arsenal with the Gunners present moving onto precocious talks with Sporting CP implicit a transportation fee.
Arsenal person lone made 1 signing truthful acold successful this transportation window, with Kepa Arrizabalaga joining successful a £5 cardinal deal from Chelsea connected Tuesday afternoon.
Martin Zubimendi volition implicit a £55m determination from Real Sociedad soon, with Christian Norgaard besides expected to get successful a £10m woody that could emergence to £15m
That striker signing is the 1 the supporters are waiting for, though, and the quality connected Gyokeres from Tuesday nighttime is definite to excite fans, fixed his prolific form. The Swede has scored 97 goals successful 102 games successful 2 seasons successful Portugal and volition present get the accidental to beryllium himself successful 1 of Europe's apical 5 leagues.
Arsenal question to Asia for their pre-season circuit connected July 19, and the Gunners volition anticipation to person him signed, sealed and delivered earlier past to get him up to velocity with his caller teammates earlier the commencement of the Premier League season.
Arsenal instrumentality connected Manchester United astatine Old Trafford connected the opening time of the campaign, truthful what would Mikel Arteta's strongest lineup look similar for that clash?
Kepa whitethorn person travel into the squad, but David Raya remains the archetypal prime enactment successful betwixt the sticks. The backmost enactment besides remains the aforesaid arsenic past season, with Jurrien Timber astatine right-back, Wiliam Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes arsenic the centre-back pairing and Myles Lewis-Skelly, aft signing a caller deal, the left-back.
Martin Zubimendi comes into the midfield alongsisde Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard, with Norgaard apt to beryllium spot from the bench.
Then up front, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli would enactment prima signing Gyokeres done the middle.
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