From what we can tell, Arsenal are poised to complete the signings of Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi.
In case you missed it, the striker from Deportivo (Perez) and Valencia centre-back (Mustafi) both appear to have had their medicals at Arsenal with their deals reportedly set to be announced in the next few days.
Perez is said to be signing for around £17.1m and Mustafi £35m.
While Perez is apparently in London having had his medical, Mustafi’s is also reported to be done/about the be done, depending on what you read, and the defender was left out of Valencia’s squad for Saturday.
CONFIRMADO en @cope_es@DepCOPEValencia avanza con fuentes oficiales la venta de MUSTAFI al ARSENAL por 40'9M€ pic.twitter.com/21Otpxfpln
— DeportesCOPEValencia (@DepCOPEValencia) August 26, 2016
Mustafi not in Valencia squad for Eibar tomorrow.
— Simon Collings (@sr_collings) August 26, 2016
Valencia’s manager appears to have had a change of heart, after insisting that Mustafi wouldn’t be going anywhere this summer.
Pako Ayestaran: "A week ago the offer wasn't enough to get Mustafi but now the offer is considerable. We have an adequate replacement"
— Simon Collings (@sr_collings) August 26, 2016
It looks as if both deals are set to be wrapped up very soon and we’ll be getting two decent new signings.
Wenger on Mustafi and Perez: We are working on the deals. But we're not close enough to announce today we are signing.
— Mattias Karén (@MattiasKaren) August 26, 2016
27 – Since August 2015, Lucas Perez has had a hand in more goals than any other Spaniard in La Liga (27). Mercurial. pic.twitter.com/1FeNeCjWFe
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 26, 2016
We’ll keep you posted when and if anything changes.
Read everything about Perez and Mustafi up until this point.
Oh, by the way, people have already been editing Mustafi into an Arsenal shirt.
@MustafiOfficial a great signing @Arsenal .Next is Perez pic.twitter.com/sVftnaUQzG
— Arsenal FC (@A7senal) August 26, 2016