http://bit.ly/ozPsd5 Arsenal are set to conclude a offer for Germany defender Per Mertesacker. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar

Arsenal are set to conclude a deal for the Werder Bremen defender Per Mertesacker following the Germany international agreed individual phrases.
Mertesacker, 26, will turn out to be Arsenal's second deadline-day signing soon after an previously deal was concluded for the Brazil international left-back André Santos.
Mertesacker has invested eight seasons in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen and Hannover 96, producing 221 league appearances, and has played seventy five times for Germany.
The 6ft 6in defender, expected to price Arsenal £8m, is scheduled to return to Germany to join the national squad ahead of their match against Austria on Friday.