{"id":563359,"date":"2020-08-25T11:53:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T15:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=563359"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:38:35","slug":"report-sead-kolasniac-linked-with-a-move-away-from-the-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/25\/report-sead-kolasniac-linked-with-a-move-away-from-the-emirates\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Sead Kolasinac Linked With a Move Away From Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bosnia and Herzegovina international Sead\u00a0Kolasinac\u00a0is reportedly moving out of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> during this summer, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/watch\/video\/sports\/football\/12055913\/maitland-niles-and-kolasinac-may-leave\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports<\/a>. The full-back is attracting interest from\u00a0 Schalke, with the German side looking to bring back their former star on loan.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Looking to Offload Kolasinac on Loan<\/h2>\n<h3>A Transfer Waiting to Happen?<\/h3>\n<p>Kolasinac moved to Arsenal in 2017 after completing a free transfer from FC Schalke. The full-back made an impressive start to his Arsenal career. When fit, the 27-year-old was an integral part of the Gunners defence during the first two seasons at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Last season saw Kolasinac struggle with injuries. However, he still managed to make 32 appearances in all competitions. The rise of Bukayo Saka and the return to fitness of Kieran Tierney is likely to result in less playing time for the 27-year-old.<\/p>\n<h3>A New-Look Arsenal Defence for the Next Season<\/h3>\n<p>Arsenal have been one of the most active Premier League teams in the transfer market this summer. The Gunners announced their first signing of the season earlier in the month after signing Brazilian winger <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/08\/14\/arsenal-confirm-the-signing-of-willian-from-chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willian<\/a> on a free from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a>. Yesterday, they also announced the permanent deals of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/news\/mari-and-soares-make-loan-moves-permanent\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are also expected to announce the signing of highly-rated Brazilian centre-back <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/08\/24\/report-gabriel-magalhaes-completes-arsenal-medical\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Magalhaes<\/a> from Lille in the coming days. Along with the recruits, French U20 international William Saliba is returning to Emirates following a successful loan spell at St. Etienne.<\/p>\n<h3>Potential for More Activity?<\/h3>\n<p>The Gunners are reportedly close to announcing a bumper three-year contract for striker <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d5dd5f1f\/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/02\/arsenal-negotiate-fee-thomas-partey\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey<\/a> is also reportedly a top priority for the Gunners this season.<\/p>\n<p>The plethora of incoming players have seen some of the existing stars liked with moves out of the club. Apart from Kolasinac, defender <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d79a8c87\/Rob-Holding\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Holding<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/08\/24\/leeds-united-keen-to-sign-rob-holding\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has been linked with Leeds United.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"4bQg1J3ZTn5xRFGsM2YrWA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1262966201\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4bQg1J3ZTn5xRFGsM2YrWA',sig:'2fX0OYxsINZnXp7UDk1Cf6_xArU78yFaIsGBA76toUE=',w:'594px',h:'489px',items:'1262966201',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bosnia and Herzegovina international Sead\u00a0Kolasinac\u00a0is reportedly moving out of Arsenal during this summer, according to the Sky Sports. The full-back is attracting interest from\u00a0 Schalke, with the German side looking to bring back their former star on loan. Arsenal Looking to Offload Kolasinac on Loan A Transfer Waiting to Happen? Kolasinac moved to Arsenal in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3542,"featured_media":563507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,30,3,28],"tags":[32739,32738,740,40,3187,136],"class_list":["post-563359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-featured","category-news","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-pierre-emerick-aubameyang","tag-premier-league","tag-sead-kolasinac","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664404,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563359\/revisions\/664404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}