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Arsenal transfer news: Unai Emery begins clear out as Gunners 'accept' forward offer
ARSENAL have kicked off their summer clear out by accepting a lowball bid for Lucas Perez.
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Sporting Lisbon are trying to sign the Spanish forward but were struggling to come up with the funds.
Perez joined Arsenal for £17m in 2016 and has scored just one goal.
He went out on loan to Deportivo La Coruna last term and looks set for a permanent switch.
Lisbon have offered just £4.4m and Arsenal, according to Portuguese publication A Bola, have now accepted the offer in a bid to clear the decks.
Arsenal are desperate to sell fringe players who are not in Unai Emery’s plans.
Perez and Danny Welbeck are up for sale which will leave just Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette as first team strikers.
But Sporting are worried about agreeing terms with the player and hope to strike a deal.
Sporting have been embroiled in a bizarre summer after a number of players terminated their contracts after trouble at the training ground.
Rui Patricio joined Wolves and Willian Carvalho joined Real Betis in two of the most high profile exits.
Emery has been busy this summer since replacing Arsene Wenger but has been told he must sell before he buys anymore.
Lucas Torreira, Bernd Leno, Sokratis, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Matteo Guendouzi have all been signed.
But Emery remains in the hunt for a defender and a midfielder if he can get the deals done.
The Arsenal boss is ready to sell Perez, Welbeck, Shkodran Mustafi, David Ospina, Petr Cech and Carl Jenkinson.