VfB Stuttgart

Roma centre back Antonio Rudiger is close to a move to Chelsea this summer, rejecting any chance of a “dream” move to Arsenal as he’d previously hoped for.

Arsenal have now officially confirmed that Japan international, Takuma Asano, will spend a second season on loan at Stuttgart next term.

Takuma Asano will spend another season with Stuttgart after he was once again denied a work permit to stay with Arsenal.

Takuma Asano has once again been denied a work permit and will therefore remain at Stuttgart on loan next season.

It was a successful finish to an eventful weekend of European football for Arsenal’s players out on-loan.

A lack of minutes was once again the theme as only a few of Arsenal’s players out on-loan featured for their clubs on Sunday and Monday’s list of fixtures across Europe.

It was a mixed finish to the Easter weekend for Arsenal’s loanees in action across Europe.

Berkay Özcan’s agent claims that the German is on ‘Arsenal’s list’.

It was a frustrating case of deja-vu for Arsenal’s players out on loan.

In case you didn’t know, Arsenal’s Japanese forward, Takuma Asano, is quite the speedster; in fact, he’s almost as quick as Theo Walcott and Hector Bellerin.

Two more of Arsenal’s players out on-loan across Europe featured during Sunday’s round of fixtures.

Takuma Asano started for Stuttgart as they won 2-1 at FC Heidenheim on Friday night.

Wojciech Szczesny kept another clean sheet and other players out on-loan across Europe over the past 48 hours.

Earlier this week, Kicker published an article highlighting Takuma Asano’s dissatisfaction with his performances at VfB Stuttgart.

Takuma Asano impressed as VfB Stuttgart prevailed, whilst Kelechi Nwakali started and others featured for their respective sides away from north London.

There were more starts for Arsenal’s players out on-loan during Sunday’s fixtures across Europe.

Wojciech Szczesny made a string of important saves, including a stop to deny M’Baye Niang’s first-half penalty, keeping a hard-fought clean sheet as Roma prevailed over AC Milan on Monday evening.

Arsenal’s Takuma Asano has revealed that he is aiming to hit double digits in goals this season for the first time and that his loan deal has an option which could see him remain in Germany.

Takuma Asano has scored his first goal for VfB Stuttgart, giving them the lead against Karlsruher SC in the 10th minute.

Takuma Asano played just over 70 minutes in VfB Stuttgart’s 2-1 home win over 1860 Munich on Friday afternoon.