Tomiyasu to end injury-plagued spell at Arsenal

Takehiro Tomiyasu and his team have agreed to terminate their contract, but the defender is leaving.

After only playing six minutes of football last year, the Japan international is recovering from knee surgery.

Tomiyasu will have to wait another five months as he continues to recover from an operation he had in February.

The 26-year-old had surgery on his knee in 2023 after missing the start of last season with a previous knee injury.

His current contract was set to expire at the end of the current season, but according to information from BBC Sport, Arsenal and Tomiyasu have reached a settlement to end it.

Tomiyasu, who left Bologna for Arsenal in 2021, made 79 appearances.

This summer, Arsenal have already begun looking at defensive reinforcements, with Cristin Mosquera as a target.