Arsenal hero Anders Limpar is adamant Noni Madueke can succeed at his new club and has hit out at the backlash that has greeted his impending transfer from Chelsea. The England international left the Blues’ before the end of their victorious Club World Cup campaign to undergo a medical ahead of £50million move.

Mikel Arteta often stresses his desire for Arsenal to be “unpredictable” in how they set up - and the signings of Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyokeres will certainly help that. Gyokeres, who scored a remarkable 54 goals in 52 games for Sporting last season, offers an alternative option up front to Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz.

An agreement has been reached on a £52million deal while personal terms were previously agreed on a five-year contract.