Arsenal are set to make teenage forward Ethan Nwaneri a formal offer of a new contract. Talks over fresh terms are set to accelerate in the coming days amid a will from all parties to reach an agreement. BBC Sport understands the offer will be a new five-year deal, or four with the option of a further year.

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reports that Arsenal are now confident that Nwaneri will sign a new contract and stay with them after fresh talks with his agent and family this week. The negotiations saw the club selling Mikel Arteta’s project and vision to the teenager’s camp and making it clear that he can expect game time under the Spaniard.

This trio of signings has set Arsenal back around £75 million, not including add-ons, but Berta is poised to splash even more cash in the slow build up to deadline day on Septemb

Arsenal target Viktor Gyokeres is facing disciplinary action by his club Sporting after failing to report for pre-season training, says the Portuguese club's president Frederico Varandas.Varandas added that any potential transfer was now becoming "more complicated".

Sporting Lisbon have set a £69 million price for Arsenal target Victor Gyokeres to leave the club.The Portuguese side’s president Frederico Varandas comfirms that the Swede will face disciplinary