From Portugal this morning come reports that Joel Campbell may be on the brink of a move to Benfica.

While O Jogo have a front page splash with a figure of €10m mentioned, Record say that the Costa Rican’s agent, Joquin Batica, is in Lisbon to discuss a potential deal with the Portuguese giants which may be another loan.

They preface this by saying that Arsene Wenger hasn’t yet made his mind up as to whether or not he’ll let the young forward go, but the fact that his agent is there in the first place suggests his Arsenal future isn’t exactly assured.

Wenger’s comments about Campbell have always had a hint of vagueness about them. When asked last week about his plans, he said, “He is in the squad at the moment”, and “I would like to keep him.”

Not, “I am going to keep him.”

If he does go, it might hint at some incoming activity in the transfer market, with Wenger admitting yesterday that he had too many forwards to make a signing without someone leaving.

“If we buy somebody, somebody will go because we have too many players,” he said. “We have too many strikers.”

We’ll keep an eye on this one, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see this go through before Monday night’s deadline.