Arsenal closing in on £65.5m Viktor Gyokeres signing as transfer talks near completion - Mikel Arteta is now expected to land his No1 summer transfer target

A crucial breakthrough came as agents involved agreed to reduce their commission from Sporting from 10 per cent. Romano reports that Arsenal will pay the player’s agent some of that commission instead of Sporting, which will make the final deal for Gyokeres a little higher than the transfer fee suggests.

Arsenal expect to reach a full agreement with Sporting inside the next 24 hours for the 73.5m euros (£63.5m) signing of Viktor Gyokeres.