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ESPN
Jul 7, 2025, 07:59 AM ET
Arsenal are adjacent to sealing a determination for Sporting Lisbon guardant Viktor Gyökeres, sources person told ESPN.
Sources said idiosyncratic presumption person been agreed implicit a five-year woody for the 26-year-old and that negotiations betwixt the 2 clubs person accelerated successful caller days.
Arsenal sporting manager Andrea Berta flew retired to Lisbon for nonstop talks with Sporting president Frederico Nuno Faro Varandas and the club's caller sporting manager Bernardo Palmeiro.
A afloat statement is adjacent for a interest of €65 cardinal ($76.6m). The operation of the woody is inactive to beryllium finalised but determination is optimism from the northbound London nine that they volition get their man.
Gyökeres, who scored 54 goals successful 52 appearances successful each competitions past play successful Portugal, was preferred to Benjamin Sesko by Mikel Arteta to beryllium Arsenal's marquee signing of the summer.
While the Premier League broadside are closing successful connected a woody for a long-coveted No. 9, they are besides actively looking for a near winger and a root has told ESPN that talks with Chelsea and Noni Madueke are ongoing and precise positive.
Super cause Ali Barat is progressive successful making the woody hap and determination is already an statement betwixt Arsenal and the player, similar Gyökeres, implicit a five-year deal.
Talks with Chelsea are ongoing and could beryllium each done by the extremity of the week, the root said, for a interest of astir €50m. Chelsea signed Madueke from PSV Eindhoven successful 2023 for €35m.
Arteta has ever been a large instrumentality of the England planetary and Arsenal looked into his signing past summer. Even if his champion presumption is arsenic a close winger, wherever Bukayo Saka plays, Arteta believes helium tin make him into a large near winger.
Talks are besides continuing with Crystal Palace and Eberechi Eze, sources said.
Again, things are affirmative betwixt the 3 parties but Palace person fixed a interest of €65m for their prima player. Eze, similar Madueke, is keen connected moving to Arsenal.
It is unclear, however, if the nine tin motion some wide players aft completing a determination for Gyökeres, which should beryllium done first.
Arsenal volition person to find clubs for players similar Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jakub Kiwior, Reiss Nelson oregon Leandro Trossard to spend the wingers.
The nine volition denote the signing of Christian Nørgaard from Brentford for €13m soon and person already confirmed deals for midfielder Martín Zubimendi from Real Sociedad and Kepa Arrizabalaga from Chelsea. Arsenal person besides extended the contracts of defenders Gabriel and Myles Lewis-Skelly.
