There are an avalanche of Arsenal transfer rumours around saying that the Gunners have already signed a pre-contract with the Belgian giants Anderlecht to ensure that their pursuit of the Argentinian striker Matias Suarez cannot be hijacked before the summer transfer window.

A respected Argentinian football journalist Javier Perez has announced via his twitter account that the deal has been done. He said about Suearez: “The deal will not be officially announced until later on in the season, as there are still a few bits and pieces that need to be ironed out.

“Arsenal wanted him to move during the January transfer window, but will be happy to have reached a compromise that sees them securing a player they have admired and watched many times last year.”

Perez finally actually spoke to the player himself, who “also confirmed to us that he has signed a not so “secret” pre contract with Arsenal for the summer.”

It was reported last month that Arsenal scouts had watched Suarez  playing in the Europa League for Anderlecht, and it seems that Anderlecht want to to stay until the end of the season to help them progess as far as possible in the minor European competition, but have happily agreed to accept a pre-contract ahead of a summer move.

Perez further says about this contract: He has also had discussions with Galatasaray, And Marseille, but money was never his main incentive. He, in fact said, that if money was an issue the Galatasaray offer was much better than the gunners’ one.

This pre contract favours Arsenal in many ways.

A) They have secured a player that they wanted

B) The Gunners have the right to not take up the contract if the player either gets injured or has a dip in form to an unsatisfactory level

C) There are no clauses or rights for Anderlecht and the player to change their minds. So for example if Matias has an even better second half to the season, they can not ask for more money or higher salary or sell him to another club.

D) Plenty of time to apply for a work permit, however they are confident to get one through a panel.

Well that all seems very thorough, and it looks like (unless something drastic happens between now and the summer) that Matias Suarez is definitely going to be coming to Arsenal.

Is everyone happy with that?