Arsenal To Sign Lucas Perez And Valencia Defender Mustafi

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in sports August 26, 2016

Arsenal has agreed to deals to sign Deportivo striker Lucas Perez and Valencia defender Shkodran Mustafi and expects both players to undergo a medical Friday

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Gunners officials have been working throughout the summer in a bid to strengthen an injury-ravaged defense and limited forward line and an agreement has finally been reached to bring in two of La Liga’s top performers in 2015-16.

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Perez , 27, scored 17 league goals last season

He was also scouted several times by Arsenal, who originally opted to bid for Jamie Vardy instead.

The Leicester striker subsequently rejected a move to the Emirates Stadium, signing a new contract with the Foxes and leaving Arsene Wenger to work on other targets.

An offer of 20 million euros ($22.5M) was accepted by Deportivo on Friday, €6 million of which will go to Perez’s former club PAOK, and Arsenal has beaten Everton and Valencia to the Spaniard’s sought-after signature.

Deportivo confirmed Thursday that Perez has been given permission to miss Friday’s match against Real Betis.

Mustafi will follow Perez to North London after Valencia accepted an offer of 35 million pounds ($46M) for the Germany center back.

Talks over a deal for Mustafi have been ongoing for almost three weeks, with the 24-year-old’s considerable price tag the only sticking point.

But injuries to Per Mertesacker and Gabriel have forced Arsenal’s hand and Wenger will take his summer spending close to £100 million ($132M) following the signings of Granit Xhaka, Rob Holding, Takuma Asano and Kelechi Nwakali.

Source: Yahoo

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