Arsenal have reached an agreement to sign Ajax defender Jurrien Timber in a deal worth £38.5m.
The Gunners will pay an initial £34.2m for the 22-year-old Netherlands international, with a further £4.3m payable in performance-related add-ons.
Timber, who came through the Ajax academy and has made 160 senior appearances for the club, is expected to have a medical in the coming days and finalise personal terms ahead of the move.
Timber is being signed by Arsenal as a right-back but he can also play at centre-back and has previously attracted interest from Manchester United.
He has 15 caps for the Netherlands and started four of their five games at last year's World Cup in Qatar, where they were knocked out by eventual winners Argentina in the quarter-finals.
