Arsenal ready to pay Club-record £22million For Gonzalo Higuain

The Gunners are ready to pay a club-record £22million for the Argentine, who is also wanted by Juventus.

Jorge Higuain played down suggestions that personal terms — reported to be £150,000 a week — have been agreed, but said a deal is close.

He insisted: “Nothing has yet been signed but I assure you the negotiations between the clubs are at an advanced stage.

“We won’t agree a contract before the clubs reach a transfer deal. I’m sure Arsenal made a big offer, and Juventus.”

Arsenal’s current transfer record is the £15m they paid Russia’s Zenit St Petersburg for Andrey Arshavin in 2009.