Arsenal have made an improved verbal offer worth £60million for Chelsea attacker Kai Havertz.
The new package is understood to be worth a guaranteed £55million plus an extra £5m in bonuses.
Having seen their original offer of around £50million turned down by Chelsea last week, Arsenal have continued talks with Chelsea over agreeing a fee for the Germany international.
Those discussions accelerated over the weekend and Mail Sport now understands that a fresh verbal offer has been made.
Arsenal want to wrap a deal up quickly and already have a broad agreement in place over a personal terms.