Arsenal are open to selling Leandro Trossard after agreeing a £52 million deal to sign Noni Madueke from Chelsea, according to reports.
Mikel Arteta’s side have moved quickly to complete a deal for the 23-year-old, who has agreed a five-year contract with the Gunners and is expected to finalise his move after Chelsea’s Club World Cup final this Sunday.
Madueke will become Arsenal’s fourth signing of the summer transfer window with Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Norgaard and Martin Zubimendi already joining the club.
Arsenal are also working on a deal to sign Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace, while they are also in the market for a new striker, although talks with Sporting CP over a move for Viktor Gyokeres stalled this week.
Trossard, meanwhile, has just one year remaining on his contract with Arsenal and had attracted interest from the Saudi Pro League last year.
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According to The Times, Fenerbahce have now agreed personal terms with the 30-year-old and will now negotiate a transfer fee with Arsenal.
It’s understood that Arsenal will demand a £20m fee for Trossard and are open to letting him leave the club before the end of the transfer window.
Trossard, who was signed in a £27m deal from Brighton in 2023, has 28 goals and 23 assists in 124 appearances for Arsenal.
Speaking last season, Arteta described Trossard as ‘a bit of a moaner’ but insisted the Belgium international is ‘a really good character’ in his Arsenal squad.
‘Leo, naturally, is a bit of a moaner but I like that because he’s very competitive. When you have training sessions, he’s always busy with the referee’s decision, because he wants to win. That’s what I love,’ Arteta said.
‘He always wants to be the best and when he’s not there, he’s not happy. But that’s what pushes him. That’s where he comes in the pitch, he can make an impact because he’s got that drive, that anger which says: ‘I’m gonna show you.’ I love that about him.
‘He’s a really good character. They all want to play. Always want to play. Leo has shown a lot more consistency in the last 12 months, he’s deserved that. He’s had a lot of competition in his position. That’s it. Raise the level. If he plays at that level then he will play like anyone else.
‘He has the capacity to do something special in the final third.’
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