{"id":281149,"date":"2025-07-21T23:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/281149\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:45:45","slug":"released-arsenal-player-signs-for-club-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/281149\/","title":{"rendered":"Released Arsenal player signs for club in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Released Arsenal academy player Elian Quesada-Thorn has joined Alajuelense in Costa Rica, following his departure from north London this summer.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GwO0SzdWUAIpjCw-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Elian Quesada-Thorn after signing for Alajuelense (Photo via Alajuelense on Twitter)\" class=\"wp-image-333116\" title=\"Released Arsenal player signs for club in Costa Rica 2\" \/>Photo via Alajuelense on Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Back in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2025\/04\/quesada-thorn-arsenal-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports revealed<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/elian-quesada-thorn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elian Quesada-Thorn<\/a> would be leaving Arsenal after a decade with the club. Arsenal then <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2025\/06\/arsenal-released-list-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> that Quesada-Thorn would be released at the end of June, making him a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you Arsenal,\u201d Quesada-Thorn <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2025\/06\/butler-oyedeji-quesada-thorn-arsenal-farewells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> after the news of his departure was made public. \u201cAfter 10 years, it\u2019s time for a new chapter. Grateful for all the memories made and good luck to everyone at the club. With love, EQT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We now know the 20-year-old\u2019s next step, with Costa Rican club <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ldacr\/status\/1946597705427435611\" target=\"_blank\">Alajuelense<\/a> confirming that they\u2019re signing him on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leyton-orient-v-arsenal-u21-bristol-street-motors-trophy.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND: Elian Quesada-Thorn of Arsenal during the Bristol Street Motors Trophy match between Leyton Orient and Arsenal U21 at Gaughan Group Stadium on September 03, 2024. (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-324266\" title=\"Released Arsenal player signs for club in Costa Rica 3\" \/>Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Quesada-Thorn\u2019s move to Costa Rica makes sense, as he plays his international football for the country. The youngster has made u20 appearances in the past, and he even received a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2023\/09\/arsenals-september-international-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senior call-up<\/a> in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Though the Arsenal academy graduate didn\u2019t make his senior debut, he did spend time training with the Costa Rica first team. With any luck, playing in the country will help him to break into their team more regularly.<\/p>\n<p>As well as Costa Rica, Quesada-Thorn is reportedly eligible for both Sweden and Ireland. So if things go well, he\u2019ll have options.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/leyton-orient-v-arsenal-u21-bristol-street-motors-trophy-1.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND: Elian Quesada-Thorn of Arsenal during the Bristol Street Motors Trophy match between Leyton Orient and Arsenal U21 at Gaughan Group Stadium on September 03, 2024. (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-324265\" title=\"Released Arsenal player signs for club in Costa Rica 4\" \/>Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Quesada-Thorn played as a left-back for Arsenal, making 11 appearances in the 2024\/25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The player\u2019s struggles with a back injury significantly limited his involvement with the team, but he was back fit by the end of the season, allowing him to make this move to a new club.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Released Arsenal academy player Elian Quesada-Thorn has joined Alajuelense in Costa Rica, following his departure from north London&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[105733,105734,94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-281149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-alajuelense","9":"tag-elian-quesada-thorn","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114893889405643620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}