Morning all. So then, two players are reported to be heading over to Arsenal today for medicals before signing their contract. Lucas Pérez is one, Shkodran Mustafi the other. Reasons to be cheerful? Well, perhaps with Perez yes because according to reports, Everton were after him because their new chief scout Steve Walsh, the man responsible for spotting Mahrez and Kante, told them to. So, as much as John Cross likes to tell anyone who reads The Mirror, that Arsenal deemed Perez to be not good enough back in July, perhaps he is. Everton didn't get their man because the club aren't involved in the Champions League apparently, whereas Arsenal are. I say involved as we seldom really...
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