Deal CLOSE: Arsenal on the verge of signing Sporting Lisbon wonderkid

Arsenal on the verge of signing Sporting Lisbon wonderkid

The Gunners are set to trigger the release clause of Sporting Lisbon wonderkid Joelson Fernandes, as indicated by reports.

Reports developed recently that Arsenal are keen on Joelson Fernandes, who made his senior debut for Sporting Lisbon toward the start of the month.

The teenager is under contract until 2022, however Sporting Lisbon have been attempting to stretch out that to fight off enthusiasm from somewhere else. With correlations with Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, Joelson is probably going to be in high demand.

Recently there are reports, detailing that Joelson Fernandes hasn’t signed another deal. The deal has been deferred because of a methodology from Arsenal lately.

What’s more, presently the report states that Arsenal are set to make a £41m offer that will trigger the release clause in his contract, with the offer ‘approaching’.

Notwithstanding enthusiasm from Juventus and Barcelona, the Gunners have ‘indicated the best enthusiasm’ with the Premier League side on ‘the verge of progressing with a proposition’.

Kia Joorabchian is Joelson Fernandes’s agent and has a ‘favored relationship’ with Arsenal that could enable any deals to run easily, while the ‘procedure is by and large firmly observed’ by the winger’s dad.

The report finishes by guaranteeing that ‘the following days will be unequivocal’ for a potential move.

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