Arsenal are in advanced talks with Sporting CP over a deal to sign Viktor Gyokeres.
A move for the 27-year-old striker is not done as discussions continue over the transfer fee but the situation is progressing towards a conclusion.
Personal terms are in place on a proposed five-year contract, the Sweden international having prioritised a switch to Arsenal for some time.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is pushing to have the situation brought to a swift conclusion ahead of his squad’s return to pre-season training.
Gyokeres is one of Europe’s most in-demand players after scoring 54 goals in 52 games in 2024-25 as Sporting won the Portuguese league and cup double.
Last month, Sporting president Frederico Varandas insisted the club had yet to receive any offers for the striker and said his side will not succumb to “blackmail and insults” as speculation over the future of the Sweden international continues.
Since joining Sporting from Coventry City in 2023, Gyokeres has scored 97 goals in 102 matches.
Gyokeres moved to English football in 2017-18 when joining Brighton & Hove Albion, but made just eight appearances for the south-coast club and scored one goal.
After loan spells at St. Pauli and Swansea City, he then joined Coventry, initially on loan, for whom he scored 43 goals across two and a half seasons before his move to Portugal.
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RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko has also been tracked by Arsenal for some time as they seek to add a forward to Mikel Arteta’s squad.
Sesko, 22, signed a new contract with Leipzig last summer but the Bundesliga club’s failure to reach the Champions League has increased the possibility of a summer sale.
That new contract removed a €65m release clause but was signed with a mutual understanding that when the right project arrived, Sesko would be allowed to leave for a fair price.
Arsenal were without a recognised No 9 for the bulk of the second half of the 2024-25 season after serious injuries to Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus in January and February respectively. Midfielder Mikel Merino often deputised as a striker in their absence.
