For a complicated transfer, Wellington Silva from Fluminense to Arsenal to Bordeaux seemed relatively simple, but it’s dragging out nonetheless.
A mountainous amount of legal paperwork is needed to make sure Arsenal aren’t left in the middle with the Brazilian, and that will somewhat eat into the Premier League club’s profit.
Sunday’s edition of L’Equipe reports that Silva to Bordeaux will be ‘formalised at the beginning of next week’.
The Brazilian is expected on Monday morning for a Bordeaux medical, so things really are imminent.
L’Equipe now believe Bordeaux are paying Arsenal €4.5m for the player, and that would take Arsenal’s profit down to €1m, before any other costs, if the other figures have been correct.