The Newcastle player is set to undergo a medical during this week for the Emirates side with the former Lille star set to break his post world cup holiday to finalise a deal with the club.
It is believed that the current proposed transfer fee would be a figure of 7.8 million pounds but youngsters Joel Campbell and also Carl Jenkinson could be used as makeweights in the deal to keep the Tynside team content.
Newcastle will probably reject Jenkinson with the club wanting to sign Manchester City's Micah Richards who has been given the final straw with the arrival of Sagna.
The mid tabled side are also linked with a move for Netherlands and Feyenoord defender Daryl Janmaat who is also a target for Manchester United but the other option would be to move Davide Santon to the right as he is capable of playing on both sides of the defence.