Arsenal have announced the signing of Valencia center back, Cristhian Mosquera. Softfootball confirms that the Spanish defender is with the Gunners on their Asia preseason tour.
Mosquera, 21 year old, was instrumental for Valencia last season as he played 37 out 38 La Liga matches and helped Valencia revive a dead season that almost got them relegated and played a total of 90 games last season.
Softfootball believes that Mosquera is joining the Gunners after a fee of €20m including add-ons was agreed between Arsenal and Valencia.
The Gunners took to their social media accounts to unveil the defender officially even though they made mistakenly released a clip of the defender in an interview during the official announcement of Noni Madueke.
The unveiling video from the Gunners posted on their verified X handle is as seen below:
Addition of Mosquera brings more stability to the Arsenal’s defense as William Saliba now has a proper cover in the RCB position. Mosquera can also function in LCB which gives enough backing for Gabriel Magalhães and Jakub Kiwior.
Mosquera’s versatility can also see him play in right back which means even if Jurien Timber and Ben White are injured, the Gunners are still well covered in the position unlike last season where now exited Thomas Partey was deployed into the position.
Mosquera will now the queue of new arrivals at the Emirates stadium this transfer window as the Gunners have already signed for the senior team Kepa Arrizabalaga, Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard and Noni Madueke.
Viktor Gyokeres’ transfer to the Gunners is expected to be completed in the next few days as both club have reached an agreements on their disputes about the move.
If Gyokeres’ €73m move happens, the Swedish striker who become Arsenal top priority this summer will be the Gunners’ 6th signing of the summer.
The Gunners are chasing a first Premier League title since 2004, a very first in history UEFA Champions League trophy among other trophies.
They have finished second three times consecutively in the Premier League and got to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League last season but was knocked out by eventual winners, PSG.
