Nicklas Bendtner’s summer long search for a new club appears to have come to an end with Portuguese publication Correio da Manhã claiming that Sporting Lisbon will unveil the Dane as their latest signing ahead of a friendly match with Valencia on Saturday.
The 23-year-old striker has not featured in any of Arsenal’s pre-season matches with Arsene Wenger happy to allow the player to stay in London and negotiate his move away from the Emirates. Despite reported interest from the likes of Borussia Dortmund and Everton it appears that Sporting have stolen a march on their rivals by laying down suitably enticing terms for the lanky hitman.
Yesterday Bendtner’s father told tipsbladet.dk: “The status right now is that we’ve got a lot to work with. There are bids for Nicklas there, so it’s a luxury. Now we have to find out which club is right.
“Some clubs we can reject right away, others we keep working with. We have a very good cooperation with Arsenal about all this.”
It remains to be see what fee Arsenal will draw from the sale of Bendtner although it is expected to be in the region of £8 million.
Thanks to @gunnerblog for the heads up.
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