Lucas Perez was pictured at London's Heathrow airport on Monday, ahead of his imminent £16.9million move to Arsenal from Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna.
Sportsmail's Sami Mokbel revealed that the Spanish striker was in London last Friday to complete a medical with the club, with just official paperwork left to concluded.
Perez would have then flown back home to Galicia to say his goodbyes, before returning to London with plans of joining his new team-mates for training after he was left out of the most recent Spain squad.
Local Spanish media reported that Perez was intent on holding a news conference at Deportivo's Estadio Riazor to say his final farewells to his boyhood club, but Arsene Wenger wanted the 27-year-old in England to be integrated as quickly as possible.