£35million-rated Soyuncu has been heavily linked with the 'Gunners' and it seems that a move will be done soon going by comments made by his agent.

Dogru allegedly told 'Turkish Football': "Sven Mislintat (Arsenal's head of recruitment) has been keen on Caglar since he was at Borussia Dortmund. He first scouted him back in Germany.

"Sven is interested in Caglar, there are concrete talks, all that remains is for a fee to be agreed. We will see what happens next."

Soyuncu has made 55 appearances for Freiburg since signing from Altinordu in 2016 and has been capped 15 times by the Turkish senior team.

If the move is completed, the 22-year-old will be Arsenal's second defensive signing of the summer following the acquisition of right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner.