Arsenal are working hard behind the scenes in their bid to sign an elite striker and have done work on potential deals for top targets Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko

Arsenal have reportedly 'frozen' their pursuit of Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres, who snubbed the chance to join Manchester United over the Gunners, to pursue former target Ollie Watkins

It was at that point that the entire saga took a turn. Sporting CP president Frederico Varandas accused Gyökeres’s agent of “blackmail” and rejected the existence of an agreement which would see the striker sold for well below his €100 million (£85.1 million, $115.4 million) release clause.