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Aaron Catterson-Reid

Edu negotiation tactic has saved Arsenal £20m for Lucas Paqueta transfer pursuit

Arsenal have been one of the busier Premier League teams during the first few weeks of the summer transfer window.

The north London outfit have already added four first-team players to Mikel Arteta's young squad, bringing in Brazilian frontman Gabriel Jesus, young attacker Marquinhos, Portuguese attacking midfielder Fabio Vieira and veteran keeper Matt Turner. Still, the Gunners appear far from finished in the market, with Jesus' former teammate Oleksandr Zinchenko appearing to be the next Manchester City star to swap the Etihad Stadium for the Emirates.

Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has reported that a £30million move has been agreed between the two clubs, £10million less than West Ham insider Claret and Hugh had claimed the Citizens were demanding for the Ukrainian earlier in the window. And it is not the first time that Arsenal have successfully persuaded Pep Guardiola's side to lower their asking price for a player this summer.

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