Arsenal Reyes the stakes in £20m deal

ARSENAL have upped the stakes in the Premiership title race with a bank-busting swoop for one of Europe’s brightest young talents, 20-year-old Spanish striker Jose Antonio Reyes.

Reyes will arrive at Highbury later this week to undergo a medical, with a view to completing a four-and-a-half-year deal that may be worth up to £20million after terms were agreed with Sevilla.

The one minor problem is that he could arrive with a one-match suspension hanging over him if the ban is transferred from Spain to England.