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A busy summer transfer window for Arsenal is underway. After extending Mohamed Elneny's contract, offering Eddie Nketiah a new deal and deciding to release Alexandre Lacazette, there has been news of a signing.

On Monday afternoon it was announced that the north London outfit had completed a deal, understood to be in the region of £3m, for Sao Paulo wonderkid Marquinhos who has put pen-to-paper on a four-year contract with also includes the option of a further year.

Now, understands that the 19-year-old's arrival at Arsenal will not have any impact on Mikel Arteta's plans to bolster the first-team squad before deadline day at the end of August, amid interest in Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus and Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans.

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But for Gunners technical director Edu, he is certainly happy to have confirmed the club's first piece of business this summer - in terms of incomings - despite immediately calling for a degree of patience with Marquinhos from supporters by insisting the winger is one for the future.

"We're delighted to have completed the transfer with Sao Paulo, as Marquinhos was a player we had been