Arsenal are close to completing the signing of Barcelona midfielder Denis Suarez.
The Spaniard, 25, will join the Gunners on loan until the end of the season, with a purchase option in the summer.
Suarez has played 71 times for Barcelona since joining in 2013 but has only featured eight times this season.
He previously played under Gunners manager Unai Emery during a loan spell at Sevilla when Emery was in charge of the La Liga side.
On Tuesday, Barcelona announced Suarez would not be in their squad for Wednesday’s Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg against Sevilla while the player “looks to resolve his future”.
Reports in Spain suggest that, as a compromise, Suarez agreed to extend his current contract – which expires in June 2020 – in order to protect his value to Barcelona and encourage them to allow him to move to the Emirates Stadium.