Marcos poised to join Gunners

Brazil goalkeeper Marcos is poised to agree terms with Arsenal on a deal that could spell the end of David Seaman’s top-flight career – and has insisted the England player was blameless for his World Cup mishap.

Marcos, who has passed a medical, is finalising personal terms on a proposed four-and-a-half-year contract after his club Palmeiras agreed a transfer fee estimated at £2.4m (€3.62m).