Arsenal close to €50m agreement with talks ‘going very well’ ahead of ‘white smoke’

Premier League runners-up Arsenal are close to a full agreement with Ajax over a transfer for Jurrien Timber, according to reports.
The Gunners seem to be getting their summer business done rapidly with the north London club announcing the signing of Germany intenational Kai Havertz from Chelsea earlier this week,
They are also reportedly closing in on the signing of Declan Rice from West Ham with reports that the two Premier League clubs have agreed a fee of £105m for the England midfielder.
And widespread reports have also revealed Arsenal interest in Timber after the defender was heavily linked with a move to the Premier League last season.
Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf said on Wednesday that Arsenal had agreed a fee with Ajax for Timber but another Dutch outlet, Algemeen Dagblad, now insist that a deal is not quite over the line.
The Eredivisie side are now said to be ‘approaching a full agreement’ with Arsenal for the defender as the Gunners get closer to seeing thr ‘white smoke’ of a deal.
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Negotiations for Timber are now ‘going very well’ and new director of football at Ajax, Sven Mislintat, has been told to ‘cash in properly’ on the Dutchman before reinvesting the fee of around €50m back into the squad.
Mislintat, the former Arsenal sporting director, wanted to keep Timber but it was made clear by the board that he ‘barely has a penny’ to spend without selling the 22-year-old to the Gunners.
Former Manchester United and Netherlands international Jaap Stam has previously warned that his compatriot Timber could struggle in the Premier League against stars like Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland.
“The intentions of the trainer [Ten Hag] are moulded to Timber, but make no mistake, this is the Premier League,” Stam told Algemeen Dagblad.
“There you can’t always be dominant, you have to duel much more against strikers like Harry Kane and Erling Haaland.
“Everyone with Lisandro Martinez was also curious about that. It turns out that he did it. With Timber, I just miss a certain amount of aggression – sometimes even being a little mean – in his game.
“That is also, for example, in giving the first blow before the real duels come. Martinez does. You can learn that too, but it has to be in you.”