{"id":595924,"date":"2021-07-10T17:37:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=595924"},"modified":"2021-07-10T17:37:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T21:37:52","slug":"arsenal-complete-albert-sambi-lokonga-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/10\/arsenal-complete-albert-sambi-lokonga-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Complete Albert Sambi Lokonga Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/06\/william-saliba-situation\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> have completed the signing of midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1413966334615031811\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The Belgian&#8217;s move will be confirmed by the club after he has completed a period of quarantine upon his arrival into the UK.<\/p>\n<p>It represents the end of two long-awaited deals for the Gunners after they announced the signing of left-back <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/10\/arsenal-sign-left-back-nuno-tavares\/\" target=\"_self\">Nuno Tavares<\/a> earlier today.<\/p>\n<h2>Albert Sambi Lokonga Completes Arsenal Move<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Paperworks completed between Arsenal and Anderlecht for Lokonga. Contract until June 2026, \u20ac17.5m as opening fee + add ons. Official after quarantine period for Belgian midfielder. \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here we go confirmed &#8211; Lokonga turned down two proposals from Italy to join Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1413966334615031811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Details of the Move<\/h3>\n<p>Romano reports that Arsenal have paid around \u20ac17.5 million to Belgian side Anderlecht as the initial fee for Lokonga. However, there are add-ons involved in the fee too. Romano <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1413436277479772160\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously stated<\/a> that Arsenal could end up paying around \u20ac21 million in total.<\/p>\n<p>Lokonga has signed a five-year deal with the club, keeping him in North London until the summer of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian is also said to have turned down two moves to Italy in favour of a move to Arsenal. Though these sides have not been named, it shows that the player is committed to the move.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/Top-Shelf-Prospects.jpg_watts\/status\/1413434258148966400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goal&#8217;s Charles Watts<\/a> reported earlier this week that while the deal was expected to go through without any problems, Lokonga was unlikely to join up with the squad for the pre-season training camp in Scotland due to his isolation period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/arsenal-pre-season-2021-fixtures-key-dates-and-will-new-signings-\/v27zv5o89lkv1j9ryz3vm8x01\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reports in Belgium<\/a> had previously suggested that Lokonga could fly straight to Scotland from Belgium, where the medical took place, so that he could be part of the group.<\/p>\n<p>However, Watts added in his article that Arsenal were hopeful he could instead be ready for the club&#8217;s trip to the USA to take part in the Florida Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"PnQFz-RDSmx-jtdWTW340A\" 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\/1304538256\" 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:'PnQFz-RDSmx-jtdWTW340A',sig:'bn9MS2RU_DoXN2v9336IKKZxzplECrsZd1xGTI3yGUU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1304538256',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>Arsenal have completed the signing of midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga, according to Fabrizio Romano. The Belgian&#8217;s move will be confirmed by the club after he has completed a period of quarantine upon his arrival into the UK. 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