Sao Paulo have reportedly accepted Arsenal’s €3.5m offer for Brazilian winger Marquinhos.

According to UOL Esporte, Arsenal’s bid can be ‘considered a gesture of goodwill’, aiming at a good relationship for future business from Edu Gaspar, as the player could have left for free in July.

Sao Paulo have been trying to renew Marquinhos’ contract since the end of 2021 and even offered 13 times the amount of wages of his last contract.

He did not even respond to them.

Arsenal’s technical director Edu used his links to his homeland once again just as he did to sign a then unknown Gabriel Martinelli.

The interest in Marquinhos draws parallels to Martinelli as he is also a winger that can play off the striker.

Paulo Dybala’s agent Jorge Antun has travelled to London to take stock of the serious interest coming from the Premier League.

The 28-year-old Argentinian forward will leave Juventus on a free transfer at the end of next month and a number of top clubs are keen on picking him up, with Inter representing one of the forerunners. The Nerazzurri have been in talks with Antun for a while now and things have looked positive, but no deal has been secured.

As reported by Calciomercato.com via Football Italia, Antun is currently in London in order to examine some draft offers from interested Premier League clubs, including Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea. He is also set to meet with Frank Trimboli, who is an intermediary representing other interested English clubs.

The Argentinian forward is one of the most exciting free agents available this summer and so it’s hardly a surprise that Inter are facing tough competition for his signature. Reports also suggest that some clubs in Spain are keen to pick him up, which could further complicate things.

The 28-year-old’s contract is set to expire at the end of this season.

Chelsea centre-back Thiago Silva has recalled when his wife was not allowed to wear the team’s shirt during the Carabao Cup final saying it left her upset.

In the VIP area at Wembley you are not allowed to wear a football shirt.

Silva told The Telegraph: “It wasn’t that she didn’t want to wear the shirt, it was because when she was getting her pass to get into the VIP zone, and they weren’t allowing family members to wear club colours.

“She was upset because she wasn’t able to wear it.

“She always wears my shirt, above all for finals. She wore it in the Champions League final and other competitions, the Club World Cup

“So hopefully there will be no problem this time and no kind of rules on what they can and can’t wear.

“It just shows passion and football is about passion. Hopefully she will be able to wear the shirt and it will bring us luck.’

Tottenham star Son Heung-min has spoken of his disappointment at being taken off during the North London derby win against Arsenal.

The 29-year-old scored just after half-time in the 3-0 victory against the Gunners to bring up 21 Premier League goals for the season.

He now trails Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah by just one goal in the race to win the Golden Boot.

But despite Arsenal down to ten-men and struggling to deal with the South Korea international and Harry Kane, Antonio Conte made the decision to bring Son off in the 72nd minute.

The ex-Bayer Leverkusen forward looked devastated as he walked off the pitch, with the player having to be consoled by Conte.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, he said: “I want to play always but it is the manager’s decision. I need to accept that.

“He said we have an important game on Sunday so not a big deal. I am not angry just disappointed because I came off but I move on.”

The Chelsea manager has spoken once again on the Romelu Lukaku scandal as the striker’s plans to meet the club’s new owner.

The Belgian’s representative mentioned that he intends to discuss Lukaku’s future with the new owners.

Federico Pastorello insists the Belgian is fully committed but admits there has been “problems” since he big move move.

The German has said regarding the rumours his agent wants a meeting with the Chelsea hierarchy: “I think if he plans to talk with the owner, maybe it is not his plan to talk with me. It’s fair enough. Let’s see if he gets a meeting. It is his right. We will talk to anybody.

“We will evaluate any situation of any player, including Romelu. We will see what is going to happen and what the plans are.”

When asked about if he has concerns about the media noise regarding Lukaku ahead of such a big game, Tuchel responded: “I was only made aware of it five or ten minutes ago, actually. It’s what sometimes happens in football.

“The attention is so high that sometimes it attracts situations that you don’t want to have before big matches. It’s the way it is.

“For me, it is not a distraction and hopefully, for everybody that works on the team and the team itself, it is not.”