Gyokeres is thought to favour a switch to the Emirates and Arsenal’s sporting director, Andrea Berta, met with Gyokeres’ agent, Hasan Cetinkaya, to discuss a move for the prolific Swede last month.

Arsenal are ready to spend big this summer in a bid to finally win the Premier League title again and are now stepping up their interest in two of their big name transfer targets

Viktor Gyokeres has split with girlfriend Ines Aguiar – and one of the big driving factors in the breakup is the desire of the Sporting CP striker to move to Arsenal.