{"id":642601,"date":"2024-07-03T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=642601"},"modified":"2024-07-03T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:35:00","slug":"lokonga-close-to-sevilla-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/03\/lokonga-close-to-sevilla-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination Sevilla: Arsenal Midfielder Closing in on Gunners Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Albert Sambi Lokonga is close to sealing a move to Sevilla after Arsenal approved his exit. <\/span>This<\/span> is believed<\/span> to be an outcome of the crucial talks the club recently held with the midfielder.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lokonga Moving Towards the Exit Door at Arsenal<\/h2>\n

A Career in La Liga<\/h3>\n

Lokonga is about to finalize a transfer to Sevilla as he looks to <\/span>bring<\/span> his stint at Arsenal <\/span>to an end<\/span>.<\/span> It is a potential loan move that <\/span>could be made<\/span> permanent <\/span>in the future<\/span>. According to <\/span>Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a>, both parties are currently <\/span>locked<\/span> in negotiations hoping to reach a consensus on the value of the buy clause.<\/span><\/p>\n

The player has reportedly indicated his willingness to shift his career to Spain. And the Gunners seem content with selling the former Anderlecht star as they look to raise funds for new signings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/span><\/strong>: Arsenal Activate Buy Option For \u2018Outstanding\u2019 Star<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Discussions <\/span>were held<\/span> between the midfielder and Arsenal in May 2024, and <\/span>it was decided<\/span>\u00a0a sale would<\/span> suit all parties.<\/span> Speaking to <\/span>VOO Sport<\/span><\/a>, he said:<\/span> “<\/span>My time at Arsenal is slowly coming to the end, I think so. I had a discussion with the club <\/span>and<\/span> what <\/span>was said<\/span> is that the best solution for me was to leave<\/span>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Lokonga Can Elevate the Sevilla Midfield<\/h3>\n

The 24-year-old joined Arsenal when the club was in dire straits and the entire team was struggling for form. So, it was no surprise that Lokonga failed to reach high standards. But the potential always existed and was <\/span>on display<\/span> during his time away from North London.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lokonga went through two successive loan spells, initially at Crystal Palace and then at <\/span>Luton Town<\/span><\/a>. His impressive performances at the latter club earned the admiration of former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, who was <\/span>surprised by <\/span>Arsenal\u2019s<\/span> decision<\/span><\/a> to send the Belgian out on loan. He said:<\/span> \u201c<\/span>Lokonga, when you see him playing <\/span>and<\/span> you think, oh \u2013 <\/span>he\u2019s<\/span> an Arsenal player <\/span>and<\/span> they loaned him? Interesting<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/span><\/strong>: Arsenal Keeping Tabs On Spanish Keeper As Part Of Contingent Plan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite an encouraging spell with Luton, he has failed to win the trust of Mikel Arteta. But Sevilla could benefit from this if a transfer <\/span>materializes<\/span> as they will <\/span>be adding<\/span> an immensely talented player to their squad.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albert Sambi Lokonga is close to sealing a move to Sevilla after Arsenal approved his exit. This is believed to be an outcome of the crucial talks the club recently held with the midfielder. Lokonga Moving Towards the Exit Door at Arsenal A Career in La Liga Lokonga is about to finalize a transfer to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5155,"featured_media":642647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[3,8,30],"tags":[8700,3190,366],"class_list":["post-642601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-news","tag-albert-sambi-lokonga","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-sevilla"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642601","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\/5155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}