Kieran Gibbs will complete a £7m move to West Brom in the next 24 hours.

Gunners full back Gibbs, 27, travelled to the Midlands last night to undergo a medical after West Brom had a bid accepted and beat Watford to the transfer.

Arsenal also enquired about West Brom defender Jonny Evans - who they tried to sign last summer - and are interested.

But Manchester City are expected to beat Arsenal to Evans with the ex-Manchester United defender keen on a return to the city. Big-spending City will have to bid over £30m to get their man after having two offers turned down.

Arsenal are interested in Evans because they are still trying to offload Shkodran Mustafi - a £34m signing last summer - with Inter Milan keen on a loan deal. But Arsenal would want a permanent switch or at least with an option and close to their money back.

However, Mustafi is now ready to quit as he knows Arsenal want to sell and that message is clear.

The Blues are going in again for Evans, who will train at their base this week with Northern Ireland (
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Arsenal have knocked back a fresh offer from Deportivo La Coruna for Lucas Perez but that deal is expected to go through with the Spaniard ready to return to the club he left for £17m last summer.

Arsenal also want to offload Mathieu Debuchy and have offered him a free transfer with Brighton watching developments, although the player may want to return to France.