Revealed: The fee Arsenal will pay Sporting for Viktor Gyokeres as Gunners finally close in on No.1 striker target & turn away from Benjamin Sesko transfer

After months of negotiations with Sporting CP, the English giants are now very close to signing the club's star forward Gyokeres. The player has agreed on personal terms and is ready to pack his bags and head to England, although the Gunners are yet to reach a final agreement with the Portuguese side.

According to the Record, Arsenal officials have been in talks in Lisbon since Friday and have reportedly submitted a verbal offer of €65 million (£56m/$76.5m) in fixed fee plus a potential €15m (£13m/$18m) in bonus payments, which meets Sporting's original demand of €80m. The Liga Portugal side, however, are demanding €70m (£60m/$82m) as the fixed amount and the remaining €10m (£9m/$12m) in add-ons.

Meanwhile, Record add that negotiations with both RB Leipzig and Sesko have been too complicated, forcing Arsenal to turn elsewhere. A Bola has further claimed that Arsenal could consider making the remaining €5m in bonuses so easy to achieve so that it can be considered as good as a fixed fee by Sporting.

Gyokeres was originally scheduled to join the Sporting's camp for pre-season on July 1, which was postponed to July 7 due to his international commitments in June. It has now been further delayed to the 11th, however, the striker is unlikely to return to Lisbon as he is mentally prepared for the Arsenal switch.