A Bola also claim Arsenal are ‘in a hurry’ to conclude the deal with Gyokeres also keen on the move to north London. Arsenal must now agree a fee with Sporting with club president Frederico Varandas yesterday accusing Gyokeres’ agent of trying to ‘threaten and blackmail’ the Portuguese champions.

Arsenal have been handed a major transfer boost in their pursuit of RB Leipzig forward Benjamin Sesko. According to Simon Collings, the Slovenians’ ‘preference and priority’ would be to