Arsenal are in the process of completing a deal to sign Viktor Gyokeres after taking final steps in negotiations with Sporting CP for the striker. A deal in principle is in place, with an agreement of a €63.

Mikel Arteta believes Gyokeres is the ideal candidate to solve Arsenal's striker issue, with the former Coventry City forward racking up an incredible tally of 97 goals in 102 matches in two seasons in Portugal, firing Sporting CP to two league titles in the process.

Viktor Gyokeres and Alexander Isak have shared the pitch on 12 occasions in the past. 10 of those have come for the Sweden national team, while the other two were when they played for their country’s U19s side. The last time the two strikers played together was in November last year.

Arsenal are working to land Gyokeres and have a five-year deal prepared, subject to the clubs reaching an agreement over a fee.

Central to Gyökeres’s frustrations is a belief that he had an agreement with Sporting president Frederico Varandas to sell him for a certain fee, believed to be around €70 million (£60.4 million, $82 million). Varandas has publicly insisted Gyökeres will not be sold for such a price.

Record says the Gunners have agreed to meet Sporting 's initial demands over an up front fee, but the two clubs are at odds over the Lisbon club's push for bonus paymets. Arsenal are willing to pay €70m as an outright fee, but are balking at Sporting's insistence on a further €10m in variables.

Arsenal are currently pushing, trying to create a breakthrough in negotiations that will allow Viktor Gyokeres to complete a transfer from Sporting CP, it has been claimed. The Gunners' summer transfer window has kickstarted with the arrivals of Kepa Arrizabalaga,

The Sweden international has a €100m release clause in his contract, though Sporting president Frederico Varandas recently suggested they would allow him to leave for less

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