Botussia Dortmund have revealed that Arsenal are close to the signing of Sokratis Papastathopoulos. The Greek defender has been strongly linked with a move to North London this summer.
And it seems that the Gunners are closing in on their man after already sealing deals for Bernd Leno and Stephan Lichtsteiner.Dortmund’s sporting director Michael Zorc told Revier Sport: “It tends to go there, that’s right. But things are not completely finalised yet.
“And I will not work with you now and talk about the rumour mill, which includes 27 new BVB players since the end of the May.
“In the meantime, we are having fun ourselves and planning. We have clear ideas and I am very sure that we will put together a very good team.