{"id":153361,"date":"2021-07-19T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/?p=153361"},"modified":"2021-07-19T20:53:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:23:03","slug":"arsenal-officially-unveil-albert-sambi-lokonga-as-their-new-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/arsenal-officially-unveil-albert-sambi-lokonga-as-their-new-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal officially unveil Albert Sambi Lokonga as their new player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arsenal has finally got their target Albert Sambi Lokonga. The midfielder joins the Premier League club from Anderlecht on a five-year deal for a \u20ac17.5m transfer fee along with \u20ac4.5m add ons. There is also a 5% sell-on clause included in the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official and confirmed. Albert Sambi Lokonga joins Arsenal on a permanent deal for \u20ac17.5m + \u20ac4.5m add ons. Contract until June 2026. Number 23. \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">#AFC<\/a><br><br>Next one: Ben White, done deal to be announced in the next days after medicals. \u00a350m to Brighton, personal terms agreed.<\/p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1417124219826147330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sambi made 37 appearances for Anderlecht this season and also made a few appearances for the Belgium u21s. He was on the verge of getting called to the Belgium Euro 2020 squad. But he narrowly missed out as Axel Witsel returned to fitness just in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will now look to take the next step in his career after joining Arsenal. He will wear shirt number 23 at Arsenal instead of his previous number 48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf8ed and loaded \ud83d\udd12 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/teIKur1gPA\">pic.twitter.com\/teIKur1gPA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1417122059386228739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lokonga told the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsca.be\/en\/Sambi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anderlecht<\/a>\u00a0site, \u201cI\u2019m making a move from one big club to another. I am proud of this new step, but also sad that I am leaving RSCA. I want to thank you for all the love I have always received here. I am a mauve for life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anderlecht added, \u201cAfter 12 great years, Albert Mboyo Sambi Lokonga will be leaving Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht. The elegant midfielder has completed his move to Arsenal FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/news\/welcome-sambi-lokonga-joins-arsenal\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a>, Edu said: \u201cWe are delighted Albert has signed with us, as there was a lot of interest in him and he was a big target for us. Albert is a player we\u2019ve been tracking for some time, and he will bring us strength in depth in the centre of midfield. We look forward to his continued development with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mikel Arteta added: \u201cAlbert is a very intelligent player who has shown great maturity in his performances during his development. He has been coached well by Vincent Kompany and his team at Anderlecht. I know Vincent very well and he talks so highly about Albert and the positive impact he had to Anderlecht in recent seasons. We\u2019re confident Albert\u2019s ready for the next stage in his development and we\u2019re looking forward to welcoming a new member to our squad with his quality and presence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal has finally got their target Albert Sambi Lokonga. The midfielder joins the Premier League club from Anderlecht on a five-year deal for a \u20ac17.5m transfer fee along with \u20ac4.5m add ons. There is also a 5% sell-on clause included in the deal. Sambi made 37 appearances for Anderlecht this season and also made a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7633,16938],"tags":[415935,26879,9373],"class_list":{"0":"post-153361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"category-football","9":"category-transfer","10":"tag-albert-sambi-lokonga","11":"tag-anderlecht","12":"tag-arsenal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}