Noni Madueke to undergo Arsenal medical TODAY ahead of sealing £52m move from Chelsea – as Gunners set their sights on Eberechi Eze NEXT
Noni Madueke will undergo a medical at Arsenal on Monday ahead of his £52m switch from Chelsea.
The Gunners also look to be eyeing up a move for Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze as their next target.
Arsenal and Chelsea are in agreement for the transfer of the 23-year-old Madueke, with a £52million deal close to being completed for the wide man.
Personal terms over a five-year deal are already in place.
The England international trained with his Blues team-mates on Thursday morning in New York ahead of their Club World Cup final victory against Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.
Madueke was a regular for Chelsea last season, including playing the entirety of their Conference League final which they won against Real Betis.
Noni Madueke is expected to undergo a medical on Monday ahead of his move to Arsenal
Madueke was a regular for Chelsea last season but has decided to move across London
Arsenal remain in the hunt for Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze alongside England’s Madueke
The Gunners have been looking to bolster their attacking options this transfer window, with a move to sign Victor Gyokeres close.
The clubs are now close to agreement on a deal worth an initial £55m, with a further £7.4m in add-ons, while Gyokeres has agreed a five-year contract.
Arsenal also been on the hunt for a winger – it is understood their preference was a left-sided wide man, but one who can play on either side, like Madueke, was also an option.
The Gunners then approached the player and there were no hurdles in terms of personal terms and the negotiations with Chelsea went smoothly too.
Madueke is left-footed and prefers to play on the right – a position occupied by Bukayo Saka at Arsenal.
But he is also capable of playing the left and has featured there recently for the Blues.
He will likely compete with the likes of Gabriel Martinelli for a starting spot in the Arsenal team next season.
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has acknowledged that Madueke is heading for the exit.
Mikel Arteta is set to have completed a fourth transfer this summer with more well on the way
Viktor Gyokeres is expected to add to the list of new Arsenal players after a move was agreed
Enzo Maresca says Madueke decided to leave Chelsea and was not shown the exit by the club
‘Noni is in contact with a new club,’ Maresca said. ‘I guess that he’s going to leave in the next hours.
‘I said in one of the last press conferences that at the end, if players want to leave, at the end, it’s difficult for the club and for the manager.
‘Noni decided to leave, nobody told Noni he had to leave. If he is happy, we are happy.’
Should Madueke’s move go through without complication, he would be the fourth player to join Arsenal this summer – and second from Chelsea.
Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has already moved across London in a £5m deal, while former Brentford midfielder Christian Norgaard and ex-Real Sociedad man Martin Zubimendi have joined him at the Emirates.
With Madueke set to follow suit, Arsenal also have eyes for another attacking man in Palace’s Eze.
