Jakub Kiwior and Albert Sambi Lokonga are two of the 5 players who left Arsenal on the last day of the summer transfer period 2025.
On the last day of the summer transfer period 2025, Arsenal confirmed successfully recruiting Hincapie defender from Leverkusen, this player joined the Gunners in the form of lending a season, accompanied by the term of purchase worth £ 45 million next summer.
Arsenal's agreement with Hincapie opened the door for the departure of Jakub Kiwior. The Polish player joined Porto on a loan this season, Porto was also forced to buy in the summer of 2026 for a fee of 24 million pounds. Kiwior joined Arsenal two years ago but was just a reserve player in Arteta's squad, he wanted to leave this summer to play more.
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Jakub Kiwior left Arsenal to join Porto on loan. |
Meanwhile, Arsenal sold midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga to the German Hamburg club. Arsenal paid 17 million pounds to Lokonga by 2021, but the Belgian midfielder only played 39 times for the North London team. Lokonga was lent at Crystal Palace, Luton Town and Sevilla before joining Hamburg for not being disclosed.
The Gunners also gave Fabio Vieira, Reiss Nelson and Lucas Martin Nygaard in turn to Hamburg, Brentford and Braband respectively. Arsenal started this season with two victories against MU and Leeds in the Premier League, but in the last round they lost 0-1 against Liverpool.