Incoming Arsenal signing Cristhian Mosquera has been spotted at Heathrow Airport heading to Singapore to join the Gunners’ pre-season tour.
Twitter user Tom Austin shared a brief video clip of Arsenal target Cristhian Mosquera sitting at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday morning, with the player reportedly preparing to board a flight to Singapore.
Mikel Arteta’s squad will be in Singapore for the rest of this week, playing a friendly match against AC Milan on Wednesday and another against Newcastle United on Sunday. The Gunners will then travel to Hong Kong to face Tottenham Hotspur next week.
As it stands, Arsenal still haven’t officially announced Mosquera’s signing, though it’s believed to be a matter of time now.
James McNicholas and Guillermo Rai confirm for The Athletic that Mosquera is en route to Singapore to join the tour, with the player having been given the green light to link up with the Arsenal squad at last.
At the weekend, claims circulated that Mosquera had an issue during his medical, but sources in Valencia have since denied those reports.
Even so, the deal wasn’t finalised in time for the player to join the squad on their flight to Singapore at the weekend. He’s had to travel separately instead.
There’s no doubt that Mosquera has completed his Arsenal media duties as an imminent new signing, given a picture of the defender was mistakenly uploaded to Getty Images, as shown above.
Previous reports have suggested Arsenal will pay an initial fee of £13m for Mosquera, plus add-ons of around £3.5m.