Arsenal transfer news: Viktor Gyokeres medical booked as four players braced for exits

Last updated Jul 25, 2025

Viktor Gyokeres is finally on his way to Arsenal, allowing sporting director Andrea Berta to turn his attention towards selling the players unwanted by Mikel Arteta

Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting CP celebrates

Viktor Gyokeres is heading to Arsenal(Image: Gualter Fatia/Getty Images)

Arsenal will soon have six summer transfers in the bag, with deals for Viktor Gyokeres and Cristhian Mosquera close.

The Gunners have signed Noni Madueke, Martin Zubimendi, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Christian Norgaard, but are not done yet. Gyokeres is finally close to becoming an Arsenal player, while Mosquera’s move from Valencia is all but done.

Mikel Arteta and his players have headed out on their pre-season tour, where they played AC Milan in Singapore on Wednesday. There is plenty more to sort out ahead of the next pre-season friendly against Alexander Isak-less Newcastle this weekend.

They know the importance of this summer after three straight second-place finishes in the Premier League, so therefore aren’t putting the brakes on just yet. Here are the latest reports and rumours regarding Arsenal and transfers.

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Gyokeres flying in

After weeks and weeks of negotiations, the Swedish striker is expected to be in London on Friday to wrap up the final pieces of the transfer. The 27-year-old will sit down to iron out his contractual details.

Thankfully, the rest is already sorted: a £55.1m (€63.5m) guaranteed fee, plus £8.7m (€10m) in add-ons for Sporting Lisbon. It’s taken so long that Gyokeres will have missed most of pre-season with his new club before the Premier League begins.

But after flying into the English capital, Gyokeres will be jetted out to Singapore to meet up with his team-mates and Arteta. He could make his debut against Newcastle on Sunday, if all goes to plan.

Four players to sell

LONDON COLNEY, ENGLAND - MARCH 26: (L-R) Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson of Arsenal during a training session at Sobha Realty Training Centre on March 26, 2024 in London Colney, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson are both on the transfer list(Image: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Arsenal have worked hard on signing new players this summer, but also need to get rid of their unwanted players. Sporting director Andrea Berta is working on two fronts – and the focus may turn towards selling when Gyokeres and Mosquera are done.

Fabio Vieira, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Reiss Nelson and Oleksandr Zinchenko are four players who are on the transfer list right now. Nelson was on loan with Fulham last season and Marco Silva has been asked whether the club might consider a permanent transfer for the winger.

“Reiss Nelson was with us last season; he was very unlucky in terms of his injury record last season,” he said. “Perhaps in his best moment of the season, he had a bad injury that broke the momentum of him. But he’s not our player right now, he’s an Arsenal player so I’m not going to talk about players from another club.”

Eze timeline

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 20: Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze celebrates scoring his side's fourth goal during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC at Selhurst Park on May 20, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Andrew Kearns - CameraSport via Getty Images)

Arsenal are plotting a move for Eberechi Eze(Image: Andrew Kearns – CameraSport, CameraSport via Getty Images)

Arsenal may have to wait if they want to sign Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace this summer. Eze is one of the players they are looking at, along with Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon and Real Madrid ’s Rodrygo.

He has a £68million release clause and Palace are standing firm, saying he will only be sold if that fee is met. Now Football London reports that they won’t sanction a sale until they know the outcome of their appeal against UEFA’s decision to kick them out of the Europa League.

Palace hope to hear back from the Court of Arbitration for Sport before August 11, which is only days before the start of the Premier League season. Eze’s future is up in the air until then.