Arsenal and Aston Villa have agreed a deal for Emiliano Martinez.
As reported by Birmingham Live, the fee is said to be in the region of £20m and is set to undergo a medical later on today.
In addition, the Argentine is in line to start Villa's first game of the new Premier League season against Sheffield United on Monday week.
The writing was effectively on the wall for Martinez after he was left out of the Gunners' matchday squad against Fulham and Mikel Arteta confirmed the decision was transfer related.
"We have a special situation," Arteta told BT Sport.
"Obviously the transfer market is open and we know all the rumours, so we made the decision to start Bernd [Leno] today."
As previously reported by football.london, the Gunners ideally wanted to keep Martinez and were prepared to offer him a new contract that will come with a significant pay rise on his £25,000-a-week salary.
Although, they have been aware that the goalkeeper wants regular first-team football in order to commit his long-term future to the club.
"I have shown the club that I can play for them and when I return next season I need to have more games," Martinez said last month. "That is the only way I will stay at Arsenal.
"My target is to consolidate my place with Arsenal and to reach the Argentinian national team as number one.
"I won’t stop until I get that and if I don’t play for Arsenal, then clearly I would move on."
And with Arteta opting for Bernd Leno in between the sticks against Fulham, it is clear that Martinez must move on in order to play regularly this season.
With that said, it's safe to say this potential transfer has been given the green light from a number of Arsenal fans, as the cash injection could be very useful.
Amid links to Thomas Partey and Houssem Aouar, selling Martinez to Aston Villa for £20m could come in handy.
