The Arsenal negotiating delegation returned to London and has not yet agreed to recruit Viktor Gyokeres.
Last week, many sources said that Arsenal had breakthroughs with Sporting Lisbon in recruiting striker Viktor Gyokeres of this team. Andrea Berta, Arsenal sports manager, is the one who promotes negotiations and seems to be about to fulfill Mikel Arteta's wishes for adding a new striker before the Gunners started the trip before the season.
However, according to Record, the Arsenal negotiating delegation returned to London but has not yet agreed to recruit Viktor Gyokeres. The Portuguese team wants 80 million euros for their stars, of which 70 million euros are fixed, the rest depends on the achievements of the Swedish player, in Arsenal only agree to pay up to 65 million euros fixed fees.
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Arsenal has not yet agreed with Sporting on the transfer price of Viktor Gyokeres. |
In other words, Gyokeres is only 5 million euros away from Arsenal, the team is expected to make more attractive offers on the weekend. Portugal's Abola newspaper said that the two sides would eventually reach an agreement.
In another development, Arsenal has confirmed signing a contract with Martin Zubimendi and Kepa Arrizabalaga. Christian Norgaard's appearance from Brentford is expected to be confirmed this week when the Danish player will fill the gap by Jorginho and Thomas Partey.
In parallel with buying more players, Arsenal also strives to extend the contract with the pillars. William Saliba, Bukayo Saka and Ethan Nwaneri were all proposed to extend, and the Gunners hoped they would continue to stick with the team.