David Ornstein has confirmed information about three Arsenal deals that could complete before Thursday involving Kieran Tierney, Carl Jenkinson, and Laurent Koscielny.
David Ornstein has confirmed that Laurent Koscielny is currently having a medical with Bordeaux ahead of a £5m move that has been agreed between the clubs.
He also confirmed that talks between Arsenal and Nottingham Forest are ‘advanced’ for the permanent transfer of Carl ‘last man standing’ Jenkinson.
Finally, he also confirmed Arsenal are still trying to finalise a deal for Celtic’s Kieran Tierney despite the concerns, which are growing, over his injury.
Fee agreed between Arsenal & Bordeaux for Laurent Koscielny is up to €5m max. Medical as we speak, contract needs finalising. #AFC hope to sign a centre-back + retain Kieran Tierney interest despite injury. Carl Jenkinson to Nottingham Forest talks advanced #FCGB #CelticFC #NFFC
— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) August 6, 2019
Arsenal are also believed to be trying to sign another centreback before the window closes at 5pm on Thursday after failing to convince Koscielny to see out the last year of his contract.
If reports are to be believed, they are also trying to shift Mohamed Elneny while it is annoyingly quiet on the Shkodran-Mustafi-to-anywhere front at the time of writing, something Ornsten confirmed not long after I published this post.
He also confirmed Eddie Nketiah is set to leave on loan.
Highly-rated 20yo striker Eddie Nketiah set to leave Arsenal on season-long loan. Bristol City among a number of clubs in talks to sign England youth int’l. Currently no firm offers for defender Shkodran Mustafi & he wants to stay – but foreign teams have longer to do a deal #AFC
— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) August 6, 2019
Bristol City are said to be closest to a deal.