Arsenal are reportedly poised to lodge a €50 million (£41.8 million) offer for the services of Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi, whose wife and agent may have revealed her husband is on the verge of a move.

Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport reported the Gunners’ mega-money offer is ready to go, and Bleacher Report’s Adam Digby backed up Wednesday’s speculation (h/t Calciomercato):

The once-capped Argentina international scored 16 goals in 33 Serie A appearances for the Nerazzurri last season, finishing fourth in the Italian first tier’s top-scorer charts as a result.

Calciomercato reported Icardi’s wife, Wanda, was “ready to travel” to meet Arsenal, but her latest tweet suggested she was already in England’s capital. The tweet in question translated to read “Happy day, my friends”:

Arsenal are even understood to have formalised the contract they’ll offer Icardi, and the South American stands to make €6 million (£5 million) a year if he moves to north London, equal to around £95,000 a week.

There’s an extremely good chance those figures will trump anything the attacker is likely to earn at the San Siro, and after netting 43 goals across his last two league seasons, Inter would be remiss to lose their captain.

The Gunners, meanwhile, are in need of attacking reinforcements after Danny Welbeck suffered a knee injury that will keep him sidelined for the start of the 2016-17 season.

His absence promises to leave Olivier Giroud as the club’s only senior striker for the start of the new campaign, and WhoScored.com recently sized the France international up alongside Icardi:

As one can see, the lankier Giroud is slightly superior in terms of creating chances, but Icardi’s conversion rate is almost twice as efficient, having one less shot on target per game on average.

That’s despite the fact each player scored an equal amount of league goals during the 2015-16 season, and OptaPaolo put his shooting efficacy into further context:

Another piece of Serie A news circulating north London reports goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny could return to AS Roma this summer, according to Italian outlet Gazzetta World.

It’s said Roma want to loan the stopper again with a purchase option of €15 million (£12.5 million), but the move could hinge on whether the Giallorossi can secure the services of goalkeeping coach Guido Nanni.

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