Arsenal are in the process of completing the signing of midfielder Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad for a fee of 25 million pounds.

The 28-year-old Spain international, who helped La Roja win the Euro 2024 trophy in Germany earlier this summer, looks set to become Arsenal’s second top-flight signing after a £42m move. Bologna’s defender Riccardo Calafiori. After hammering out an agreement over the past few weeks with the player’s representatives,

The Gunners have now submitted a verbal offer worth £25m plus bonuses to sell Maestro Merino, who is now in the final year of his current contract.

Sources suggest that Arsenal’s offer is considered acceptable – even if the sum of the deal has not yet been reached. Personal terms have already been agreed between the Gunners and Merino, who has also received interest from Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.