We have agreed a deal to sell Leandro Trossard to Besiktas, according to The Athletic's Adam Leventhal and James McNicholas, in a transfer worth £17.1 million that will not be completed until after his World Cup campaign with Belgium finishes.

The reported structure is €18 million guaranteed with a further €2 million in add-ons, with personal terms and wages, in the region of €9 million a season, still to be finalised between Besiktas and the player. Trossard has one year left on the contract he signed in August 2025, which gave him a significant pay rise but did not extend his stay at Arsenal beyond June 2027.

Trossard joined us from Brighton in January 2023 for an initial £20 million, rising to £27 million with add-ons, and leaves having made 174 appearances, scoring 36 goals and providing 34 assists. Last season alone he made 50 appearances in all competitions, scoring eight goals and assisting eleven more, including the 83rd-minute winner away at West Ham on May 10, 2026 that kept our five-point lead over Manchester City intact during the title run-in.

Trossard is currently away with Belgium at the World Cup, and Football365 reports we are simultaneously working on two potential replacements on the left flank, Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers and Paris Saint-Germain's Bradley Barcola, with Rogers understood to remain the priority target. Nothing is confirmed on that front, and Trossard's own move still needs Besiktas and his camp to agree personal terms before it can go through.