Arsenal are working hard to close a blockbuster transfer for Sporting Lisbon's Viktor Gyokeres and it has now emerged that Andrea Berta recently travelled to Portugal for talks

Sporting CP’s very public demands are expected to be satisfied thanks to Viktor Gyökeres’s direct intervention.

Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta has reportedly been spending time in Portugal to accelerate talks with Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres. Following months of uncertainty over whether the Gunners would pursue the Sweden international or RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko, they appear to have earmarked the former as their number one choice.