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Mikel Merino is about to complete his long-awaited move from Real Sociedad to Arsenal, with his manager now confirming the deal is set to be completed. Arsenal were engaged in talks with Real Sociedad over the midfielder for weeks, but finally reached a breakthrough as a fee has now been agreed. The Spaniard will travel to London to finalise his move and sign his contract, but Merino did not arrive in time to be registered for Arsenal’s trip to Aston Villa. Real Sociedad wanted to keep Merino, but with one year left on his deal he refused their offer, and rejected interest from Barcelona and A…

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