The British newspapers reported that Arsenal completed the recruitment of midfielder Christian Norgaard from Brentford, and was about to officially announce this contract.
The Danish midfielder will move to the Emirates Stadium for an initial fee of 10 million pounds, accompanied by 5 million pounds depending on the achievement. The deal took place after Arsenal overcame competition from the opponent with Tottenham.
Norgaard had 5 years wearing Brentford after joining from Fiorentina in 2019. During that time, the 31 -year -old midfielder played 196 matches, scored 13 goals and had 18 assists. Norgaard was an important factor that helped Brentford promote the Premier League in 2021 and was appointed captain for two years later.
At Arsenal, Norgaard is the third contract of coach Mikel Arteta in this summer transfer window, after the Spanish duo, goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and midfielder Martin Zubimendi.
Zubimendi, who is expected to play a key role in the midfielder next season, has officially launched after a long time of speculation, and Kepa was brought back to compete with David Raya in the context that Neto has ended a loan contract from Bournemouth.
Of course, Arsenal has not stopped. After completing the Norgaard deal, the Gunners will focus on the attack. According to Talshort, striker Viktor Gyokeres is going very close to becoming Arsenal player. The two parties have reached an individual agreement on the 5 -year contract, and the negotiations between Arsenal and Sporting are now in the final stage.
Sporting values the Swedish striker at £ 68.5 million, higher than the previous “polite agreement” of £ 60 million. Since leaving Coventry to Portugal to play 2 years ago, Gyokeres has scored 97 goals in 102 matches, including a memorable hat-trick against Man City in the Champions League in November.
Not only won two continuous gold shoes, Gyokeres also helped Sporting win the domestic two -seasons.