The Gunners could be set to land three of their top targets by the end of this week, with Viktor Gyokeres, their No1 priority, nearing a move to north London.
Talks with Sporting seemed to have hit a snag over “financial discrepancies”, but now, those fears seem to have been allayed, and the deal could go through by the end of this week.
Elsewhere, Noni Madueke’s £52million from Chelsea is almost a formality, while Cristhian Mosquera has undergone a medical ahead of his switch from Valencia.