Arsenal have reached an agreement for the transfer of Ajax defender Jurrien Timber, 90min understands.
The Gunners have already confirmed the signing of Kai Havertz from Chelsea this week in a deal worth in excess of £65m, while they have agreed a British record transfer with West Ham for England international Declan Rice that will total £105m.
A deal in place for Timber will now take their spending to over £200m.
Arsenal’s opening €35m offer for Timber fell well short of Ajax’s €60m asking price. But the Gunners remained confident and the Dutch giants went on to compromise.
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90min understands that a fee has been agreed that will see Arsenal pay an initial €42m, topped up by €5m in add-ons. The overall package is worth €47m (£40.5m).
Personal terms have already been agreed with Timber’s camp and it could now pave the way for completion before the weekend.
It appears the primary hope for right-sided Timber at Arsenal is that he will mirror Oleksandr Zinchenko’s inverted full-back position on the opposite side of the defence.
With Rice’s record arrival also on course to be confirmed, Timber’s deal will put him 10th on Arsenal’s all-time list of highest transfer fees paid, ahead of Alexis Sanchez, Shkodran Mustafi and Granit Xhaka, but just below Mesut Ozil, Gabriel Jesus, Thomas Partey and Alexandre Lacazette.
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