Sevilla say Gunners’s bid for Baptista ‘close’
The 23-year-old is thought to prefer a move to another Spanish club but Del Nido has confirmed Arsenal have upped the stakes.
Del Nido revealed: “We still have not concluded an agreement between both clubs but what I can say is that Arsenal are getting close to the financial figure we could accept.
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