Overview

• Piero Hincapié took part in his first Arsenal session at London Colney on Thursday and shared an Instagram post captioned “My first day at Sobha.”
• Fresh from Ecuador duty with clean sheets against Paraguay and Argentina, the left-footed defender is in contention for a debut against Nottingham Forest.
• Mikel Arteta said the club had monitored Hincapié for years, praised his ability to cover centre-back and left-back, and described him as “ready to go.”
• Coverage of the deal describes a season-long loan from Bayer Leverkusen with a reported £45 million purchase mechanism next summer.
• William Saliba’s recent ankle injury at Liverpool increases short-term defensive needs, with Cristhian Mosquera partnering Gabriel last time out and competition also at left-back from Riccardo Calafiori and Myles Lewis-Skelly.