Arsenal transfer news: Leandro Trossard pictured in Besiktas kit as Gunners confirm £17.1m agreement

Arsenal person confirmed that they person reached an statement with Besiktas for the transportation of Leandro Trossard, who has been pictured successful his caller kit for the archetypal time.

Over the weekend, it was reported that Trossard was to acquisition his Besiktas aesculapian connected Wednesday aft the 2 clubs shook hands connected a €20m (£17.1m) transfer.

Trossard's power to Istanbul was delayed owed to Belgium's information successful the World Cup, which came to an extremity successful their 2-1 quarter-final decision to Spain past Friday.

However, the erstwhile Brighton & Hove Albion antheral is present connected the cusp of completing his adjacent vocation move, arsenic confirmed by Arsenal successful a connection connected Tuesday afternoon.

"We tin corroborate that we person reached an statement with Besiktas for the imperishable transportation of Leandro Trossard," Arsenal said.

"With a transportation interest agreed, Leo, 31, has been granted support to question to Istanbul to acquisition a aesculapian and implicit the formalities of his determination to the Turkish Super Lig club. We volition supply a further update erstwhile the transportation has been completed."

Leandro Trossard pictured successful Besiktas kit arsenic Arsenal corroborate transfer

Trossard inactive has to walk his aesculapian and officially enactment pen to insubstantial earlier his determination to Besiktas is completed, but helium has ostensibly present played his last crippled for Arsenal.

Prior to the Gunners' announcement, Besiktas posted an representation of Trossard donning his caller kit alongside nine president Serdar Adali, and the Turkish giants issued their ain connection connected the transfer: 

"Besiktas Football Inc. has informed the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) that negotiations person commenced with nonrecreational shot subordinate Leandro Trossard and his nine regarding his transfer.

"The connection sent to the Public Disclosure Platform by Beşiktaş Football Investments Industry and Trade Inc. reads arsenic follows: 'Negotiations person commenced with nonrecreational shot subordinate Leandro Trossard and his club, The Arsenal Football Club Public Limited Company, regarding his imperishable transfer.'”

Besiktas besides teased Trossard's accomplishment with a graphic of cupped hands connected a golden coin - an ode to Trossard's solemnisation - earlier posting a video of the attacker successful his caller kit.

Trossard tin beryllium seen performing his extremity celebration, earlier posing and stating "coming to Besiktas", arsenic helium prepares to motion his three-year contract.

Leandro Trossard is an Arsenal icon, but the clip is close to sell

Trossard volition go the 3rd Arsenal subordinate to permission for a interest successful the summertime transportation window, aft fringe goalkeeper Karl Hein and Porto-bound defender Jakub Kiwior, and the clip was close for the Gunners to offload him.

Trossard turns 32 aboriginal this twelvemonth and had entered the past 12 months of his declaration with Arsenal, who are nether immense unit to rise wealth done subordinate income successful the existent window.

However, the Belgian's contributions to the origin volition not beryllium forgotten, arsenic helium ends his Arsenal vocation with 70 nonstop involvements from 174 matches, including a important extremity successful the Premier League rubric contention distant to West Ham United past season.

Arsenal missing retired connected Mykhaylo Mudryk successful January 2023 was a blessing successful disguise, and Trossard leaves the Emirates having achieved cult-hero presumption acknowledgment to his postulation of clutch moments.