Arsenal signed Ecuador defender Piero Hincapié from Bayer Leverkusen on a season-long mortgage, the Premier League membership stated on Monday.
Since arriving at Leverkusen in 2021, the 23-year-old has remodeled 100 appearances and was instrumental of their 2023-24 Bundesliga triumph. Arsenal have a £45m settlement to purchase Hincapié subsequent summer season in the event that they resolve to make his transfer everlasting.
“Piero has an actual bodily presence, along with his versatility and tactical flexibility giving us robust added defensive choices,” the Arsenal supervisor, Mikel Arteta, stated.
“He's a giant character, with an excellent mixture of each youth and maturity. He'll make our squad stronger and extra aggressive as we proceed into this season.”
Hincapié will take the No 5 shirt and hyperlink up along with his new teammates when he returns from worldwide responsibility.
In the meantime, Fábio Vieira has joined Hamburg on a season-long mortgage, having fallen out of rivalry since making 33 appearances in his debut marketing campaign after becoming a member of from Porto for a £34m charge in June 2022. He has featured simply one other 16 occasions since then – though he scored the profitable penalty in Arsenal's 2023 Group Defend triumph – and spent final season again at Porto on mortgage.
Vieira might be joined in northern Germany by fellow midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga, who has accomplished a everlasting change to the Volksparkstadion after 4 years and 39 appearances with the Gunners.
Oleksandr Zinchenko, who moved to Arsenal for £30m from Manchester Metropolis three years in the past, and winger Reiss Nelson have joined Nottingham Forest and Brentford respectively on season-long loans.
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Fulham have strengthened their attacking choices by signing the Shakhtar Donetsk winger Kevin in a club-record deal and Samuel Chukwueze from Milan. The 22-year-old Kevin has signed a five-year contract for a reported £34.6m charge – surpassing the membership's switch document, which was £27m for Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal final summer season.
Chukwueze, a Nigeria worldwide who moved to the San Siro in 2023, stated: “I'm so pleased to be right here, it's an incredible membership. It seems like residence, as a result of I've my individuals round me. I really feel at residence already, and I can't wait to get began.”
