Arsenal’s summer transfer window appears to be seriously heating up, and one of the men involved is Nuno Taveres.
Following claims on Monday of a Gunners swoop for the Benfica left-back, Tuesday’s edition of A Bola has a very clear message on their front page: ‘Nuno Taveres – One step away from Arsenal’
Inside, the Portuguese newspaper explains Mikel Arteta’s side have proposed a deal worth €8m plus a further €2m in bonus payments. It’s stated this transfer could happen very fast, because the Lisbon club’s yearly accounts close on Wednesday, and they’d likely want to include the €8m in that.
According to the report, Arsenal have gone through the full process with Taveres, scouting him over a long period of time. His profile was then presented to the club’s recruitment department, who gave it the green light, and the chance of taking the 21-year-old was then put in front of Arteta.
The signing, which A Bola sound confident will happen, is seen as providing back-up for Kieran Tierney.
