The 21-year-old is believed to be on the verge of a £ 6.8m move to Mikel Arteta, who is looking in the market for a new left-back to support and compete with Kieran Tierney. </ Now Portuguese journalist Goncalo Lopes reports that Tavares will travel to the English capital on Thursday to undergo medical treatment at Arsenal as he prepares to be the Gunners' first arrival in the summer window.
Arteta often had to use Cedric Soares or Granit Xhaka as left-backs during Tierney’s injury-related absence, while Sead Kolasinac will leave the club after a failure.
Tavares played for Benfica in last season’s Europa League against Arsenal and will be the Leaving Portuguese champions after scoring a goal and assisting seven more in 41 games since joining as a 15-year-old in 2015.
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