The Gunners have made a number of additions this summer, including the arrivals of Martin Zubimendi<\/strong><\/a>, Christian Norgaard<\/strong><\/a>, Cristhian Mosquera<\/strong><\/a>, Kepa Arrizabalaga<\/strong><\/a>, Noni Madueke<\/strong><\/a> and Viktor Gyokeres<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n They also recently confirmed the signing of Eberechi Eze<\/strong><\/a> from Crystal Palace after they hijacked Tottenham Hotspur’s pursuit of the England international.<\/p>\n Arsenal are now working on a deal<\/a><\/strong> for another player who has been linked with their North London rivals, with the Gunners in pole position to recruit Hincapie from Leverkusen.<\/p>\n Arsenal agree Hincapie deal\u00a0<\/p>\n According to The Athletic<\/a>, Arsenal have reached an agreement with the German club over a season-long loan deal for the centre-back.\u00a0<\/p>\n The deal includes an option for Arsenal to sign Hincapie on a permanent deal for\u00a0\u20ac52m (\u00a345m), with a 10% sell-on clause.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hincapie has already agreed personal terms with the Gunners, with a five-year contract ready to go if he signs on a permanent basis next summer.<\/p>\n Leverkusen have been reluctant to part ways with a player who only signed a new contract in December to extend his deal until June 2029.<\/p>\n However, they have decided to soften their stance after Hincapie informed the Bundesliga club of his desire to leave before the transfer deadline.<\/p>\n Hincapie move rests on Kiwior exit<\/p>\n Hincapie is expected to travel to London this weekend to undergo a medical ahead of the proposed switch.<\/p>\n However, the deal is unlikely to be completed until Arsenal finalise Jakub Kiwior<\/strong><\/a>‘s exit, with Porto believed to be on the verge of signing the Poland international.<\/p>\n Kiwior and Hincapie’s respective moves are both dependent on one another, because Arsenal need to sanction departures before they can sign new players in the latter stages of the window.\u00a0<\/p>\n Even with Kiwior set to depart, Hincapie will face intense competition at Arsenal, with Mikel Arteta<\/strong><\/a> already able to call upon Gabriel Magalhaes<\/strong><\/a>, William Saliba<\/strong><\/a> and Mosquera as his centre-back options.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Ecuador international can also play at left-back, which would put him in direct competition with Myles Lewis-Skelly<\/strong><\/a> and Riccardo Calafiori<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n ID:580409:1false2false3false: from db desktop :LenBod:collect5120:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal reportedly reach an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen over an initial loan deal for defender Piero Hincapie. Arsenal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[161,3018,4230,68644,94,707,2826,22138,7126,101,4151,93,79,68303,10938,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-384330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-bayer-leverkusen","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-epl","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-golf","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-olympics","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-rugby","19":"tag-sport","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-sports-mole","22":"tag-teams","23":"tag-tennis","24":"tag-uk","25":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115116057869706972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384330","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=384330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Arsenal](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iconsport-266993-0147-1-68aa24.webp\"\/)
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