Chelsea have agreed a £35m fee with Arsenal for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The deal now looks set to go ahead before Thursday’s transfer deadline as Chelsea moved quickly after facing stiff competition from Liverpool.
Oxlade-Chamberlain, 24, has turned down a new contract at Arsenal, only has a year left and they wanted to sell now rather than lose him for free next summer.
Oxlade-Chamberlain is due to report for England duty this week but is now expected to hold talks and thrash out personal terms in the next 24 hours.
The wide man is expected to undergo a medical at St George's Park this week ahead of World Cup qualifiers with Malta and Slovakia.
When asked after the Gunners' 4-0 defeat at Liverpool on Sunday about Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wenger said: "That is the kind of question I cannot answer after a game like that.
"I think we are focused on the game. We will be focused on the transfer marker in the next three of four days. What will happen, I don’t know."
Oxlade-Chamberlain joined the Gunners from Southampton for £15m in 2011.
Chelsea have already signed Willy Caballero, Antonio Rudiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Alvaro Morata this summer.
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