Arsenal concluded an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen to sign the defender Piero Hincie.
The agreement is a loan of a season including an option to buy for a total package of 52 million euros – plus a selling clause of 10%.
Personal conditions are in place so that the equatorial international of 23 years to permanently transfer next summer to a five -year contract.
He should travel from Germany to London this weekend to undergo a medical and finish his visit to the Emirates stadium.
The acquisition of Hincie will allow its compat on the left Jakub Kiwior to reach Porto in a move worth 25 million euros guaranteed to 27 million euros.
After appearing in a good place among the targets of Arsenal for a while, Hincapie should now arrive and strengthen the team of Mikel Arteta.
Athletics reported on Monday that Arsenal was working on an agreement to sign Hincie.
Hincapie did not sign an extension of the contract with Leverkusen last December, with these conditions operating until June 2029, but he wants to leave and informed the Bundesliga club of his wish.
His preference was to join Arsenal and the Premier League club had been ready to push him, if they managed to move the players before closing the summer transfer window.
Friday, as reported by athletics, Porto concluded an agreement worth more than 27 million euros for the defender of Arsenal Jakub Kiwior, although this decision depends on the Premier League Landing Hincapie club.
Leverkusen would prefer to keep the defender unless a liberation clause of 60 million euros in his terms is activated, although efforts are made to reduce these costs to a more realistic market value.
He played more than an hour in the leverkusen opening match of the season when they were beating Sonnenhof Grossaspach 4-0 in the DFB-Pokal, and seemed in tears on the field after the 2-1 defeat of his team against Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Hincapie appeared in all 34 Bundesliga de Leverkusen games last season, also starting nine out of 10 in the Champions League, missing a match due to the suspension.
He presented mainly the central defender on the left in a back three during the head coach of Xabi Alonso as a head coach of Leverkusen, a role again took care of the first two games of Erik Ten in charge.
Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson among the other members of the team who leave Arsenal before the deadline.
Hincie has played 165 times for Leverkusen since he joined Argentina Side Talleres in 2021, and 46 caps for the equator since his senior beginnings that year.
The Ecuadorian could join a defensive unit of Arsenal which includes a central central defense association William Saliba and Gabriel, as well as Riccardo Calafiori, Kiwior, Ben White and Jurrien Timber.
Arsenal has so far signed Ebelechi Eze, Viktor Gyokerres, Martin Zubimenddi, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Noni Madueke, Cristhian Mosquera and Christian Norgaard this summer.
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