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Gyokeres has won back-to-back Portuguese League titles with Sporting
Senior football correspondent
Arsenal are in talks to sign Sporting's prolific Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres.
As first revealed by BBC Sport on Thursday, Arsenal have had a clear focus on completing a deal for the 27-year-old in recent days and the club are now advancing in their pursuit of the forward.
Discussions over personal terms for Gyokeres and with the Lisbon club over a transfer fee are accelerating, with Arsenal's sporting director Andrea Berta leading negotiations.
A deal has not been finalised though, and there remains a degree of caution at Arsenal until agreements are reached.
Gyokeres has been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League after scoring 97 goals in 102 matches during two seasons in Portugal.
The Gunners completed the £60m signing of Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad on Sunday.
But the movement towards a deal for Gyokeres represents a significant development in Arsenal's summer transfer business given a new striker was the club's main priority.
It is expected that Gyokeres, who spent three years as a youngster at Brighton and whose career took off during two seasons at Coventry City, would cost about £70m.
