Dusan Vlahovic arrives at Juventus for his medical after move from Fiorentina

Dusan Vlahovic has arrived in Turin for his Juventus medical as the Serbia forward closes in on a £62million move from Fiorentina.

The 21-year-old, who had been heavily linked with a mega-money move to Arsenal before opting to remain in Italy, waved to fans as he checked in to the club’s J Medical centre.

Vlahovic, who agreed personal terms with Juventus earlier this week, has scored 20 goals in 24 matches for Fiorentina this season.

Dusan Vlahovic gives the thumbs up outside the Juventus medical centre as he prepares to seal a £62million transfer from Fiorentina

The Serbia striker smiled and gave the thumbs up to supporters who’d gathered to greet him

The 21-year-old striker had been heavily linked with a mega-money move to Arsenal

Reports in Italy suggest Vlahovic will earn £5.8m per season net at the Allianz Stadium and will sign a long-term contract.

Mikel Arteta was keen to bring Vlahovic to the Emirates Stadium, viewing him as an upgrade on Arsenal outcast Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

But the Gunners will now be forced to turn their attention to other forward targets such as Alexander Isak, Victor Osimhen, Luka Jovic and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Isak extended his contract last October and Real Sociedad capitalised on the chance to insert a €90million (£75m) release in the deal, but his is the only potential deal that would require little negotiation if the Gunners are willing to stump up the fee. 

Osimhen has scored nine goals in 16 matches for Napoli this campaign, adding to his 10-goal haul from the previous year. His club splashed out €80m (£66m) to sign him from Lille in 2020.

Jovic has been out of favour ever since signing for Real Madrid from Eintracht Frankfurt for £50m back in 2019. Jovic is back at Real after spending the second half of last season on loan back at Frankfurt, though showed very little signs of resurrecting his previous form in Germany. 

Calvert-Lewin is a star at Everton, who would fight to keep him and would expect to receive at least £60m if they were to let him go.

Vlahovic took time to greet fans and pose for selfies as he prepared for his medical at Juventus

Vlahovic was enjoying an excellent season with Fiorentina, scoring 20 goals in 24 matches

Juventus will hope Vlahovic can help them close the 11-point gap to Serie A leaders Inter Milan

Arsenal have just three recognised first-team strikers available for them at the moment in Gabriel Martinelli, Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah.

Former club captain Aubameyang has not featured for the club since the start of December after seeing the armband taken away from him due to repeated disciplinary breaches. He has been at the Africa Cup of Nations with Gabon during January.

Both Lacazette and Nketiah will see their contracts expire at the end of the season, while Sportsmail revealed last week that Aubameyang has been the subject of interest from Saudi Arabian teams.

Young forward Folarin Balogun left the club in January to join Middlesbrough on loan.