Arsenal are taking steps to try to sign Piero Hincapie from Bayer Leverkusen, football.london understands, with as many as five exits from the club in the works in the final week of the window.

It has been an excellent week for Arsenal. They came away from a 5-0 opening home victory at the Emirates Stadium for the new season over Leeds United, in which their seventh summer signing, Eberechi Eze, was unveiled to supporters in a near-perfect mood.