🚨 Arsenal close to striker signing, Barca want Man United star, English star wanted by Man United, Chelsea demand £50m for winger & more

Plus all the latest updates from the world of football.

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Good morning everyone and welcome to the latest edition of the Daily Briefing! Thank as always for reading, and hope you enjoy :-)

Today’s top stories:

• Arsenal complete Martin Zubimendi signing.

• Barcelona want Marcus Rashford.

• Updates on Gyokeres, Madueke, Sesko and Kudus.

Al Hilal

• Al Hilal hope to sign a striker quickly. They are currently in talks with two players: Victor Osimhen and Dusan Vlahovic. (L'Equipe)

Arsenal

• - OFFICIAL: Martin Zubimendi joins Arsenal on €65m deal from Real Sociedad, as agreed since May. Zubi will take shirt number 36.

• Martin Zubimendi on why he joined Arsenal. “It’s a young, highly motivated and ambitious team. They have shown their potential recently, and I believe the best is yet to come. As soon as you set foot here, you realise how big this club and this team are. Andrea [Berta] and Mikel [Arteta] took excellent care of me, leaving me with no doubts whatsoever. This is a huge moment in my career. It's the move I was looking for; one I wanted to make. Of course, it's a big change, but I'm ready to get started.”

• Sporting's 27-year-old Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres is prepared to give up about £2m in wages to help push through his £70m move to Arsenal. (Record)

• Talks between Arsenal and Sporting for Viktor Gyokeres are at the final stages. All parties now optimistic. (Ben Jacobs)

  

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• Negotiations between Arsenal and Chelsea for Noni Madueke are planned for next week after the player has given the green light for the move. (Florian Plettenberg)

• How much Arsenal may need to pay to sign Chelsea's Noni Madueke this summer. More details!