Arsenal are set to complete deals for Rice and Timber this week

Arsenal are set to complete deals for Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber by the end of THIS WEEK – with the £105m West Ham star and £40m-rated Ajax defender scheduled in for medicals

  • Arsenal are set to seal deals for Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber this week 
  • Rice’s transfer is ’95 per cent complete’ while Timber’s deal is verbally agreed 
  • The West Ham star and Ajax defender will now undergo medicals at the club 

Arsenal are set to complete the transfers of Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber by the end of the week.

The Gunners’ pending deal with West Ham over the £105million transfer of Declan Rice is ’95 per cent’ complete, while there is a verbal agreement in place with Ajax for the capture of defender Timber in a deal worth an initial £40m.

Mail Sport understands medicals have been scheduled for both players in the coming days amid the expectation their signings can be formally completed by the weekend.

Talks over the finer details of Rice’s move will continue on Monday with a view to reaching a full agreement in the next 24 hours.

Mail Sport were first to reveal on Wednesday that the two London clubs had agreed a fee in principle for Rice.


Arsenal are set to seal deals for Declan Rice (L) and Jurrien Timber (R) by the end of this week

Rice in particular was one of Mikel Arteta’s priority signings this summer after seeing a number of bids rejected for him

But talks, primarily over the timescale of the payments from Arsenal to West Ham, have been ongoing.

The Hammers want the £100m guaranteed portion of the fee paid by the start of 2025.

Arsenal initially offered to pay the money over the course of a four year period.

But a final and full agreement between both clubs is now within touching distance.

The deal for Timber has also been agreed in principle, with just the final paperwork left to complete before the Holland International can finish the formalities attached to his move to London.

Arsenal have already completed the signing of Kai Havertz from Chelsea, in a deal that is worth up to £67.5m-£70m.


The Gunners have already wrapped up a deal for Chelsea midfielder Kai Havertz  


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