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Atletico Madrid beat Arsenal, AC Milan to Porto ace Jackson Martinez

Jackson Martinez is set to soon complete his move to Atletico Madrid.


The FC Porto striker will join the Spanish club for £25million after being the subject of heated interest from AC Milan. Jackson was also a summer target for Arsenal.

The Colombia international, 28, is now expected to move to the Vicente Calderon following the 2015 Copa America.

His agent, Luiz Henrique Pompeo, told Spanish daily AS: "It was finalised today.

"We want to thank Milan for their interest right up the end, we feel very honoured by it, but you can't be in two places at once.

"It's a very big club, which has done important things in the league and in Europe. "Jackson is going there to also achieve great things and to bring the best out of himself to become even better. That's his dream and he's very excited. He's really happy."

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