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.
Napoli, Brighton and Southampton have also been keen, and A Bola say it’s Arsenal’s offer which pleases Benfica the most, which makes one wonder just what the others had proposed.
The signing, which A Bola sound confident will happen, is seen as providing back-up for Kieran Tierney.