Overview

• Arsenal confirmed multiple deadline-day exits, including Albert Sambi Lokonga’s permanent move and Fabio Vieira’s season-long loan to Hamburg.
• German outlet Bild reported Lokonga left for about €300,000 (£260,000) plus bonuses as he entered the final year of his contract.
• Reports cited by Sport Witness and the Mirror say Vieira’s loan carries no fee if he plays regularly and includes a conditional purchase option of roughly €20m.
• Despite trimming the squad after spending over £250m on eight signings, reporting suggests Arsenal generated only about £9m immediately from departures, with Jakub Kiwior’s loan to Porto set to convert to roughly £22.5m next summer.
• Lokonga posted a farewell message to supporters, Hamburg executives publicly praised Vieira’s creativity, and scrutiny of sporting director Andrea Berta’s outgoing business intensified.