BREAKING: Arsenal confirm Takehiro Tomiyasu exit as bombshell statement released

Takehiro Tomuyasu has near Arsenal with contiguous effect, the nine person announced.

The 26-year-old defender, who joined the Gunners from Bologna successful August 2021, has struggled with injuries implicit the past mates of seasons and featured conscionable erstwhile successful the 2024/25 season. The Japan planetary was forced to acquisition genu country successful February and was not expected to play again successful 2025.

Arsenal person present confirmed that the nine person reached a communal statement with Tomiyasu to extremity his declaration with contiguous effect. "Unfortunately, injuries person constricted Tomi’s clip connected the transportation successful the past 2 seasons, with the defender making conscionable 1 substitute quality past season. It was truthful mutually agreed to extremity Tomi’s declaration successful bid for him to commencement a caller section successful his career," a connection read.

"Everyone astatine Arsenal Football Club would similar to convey Tomi for his publication to the nine and we privation him and his household each the champion for the future."

Capable of playing right-back and centre-back, Tomiyasu made 84 appearances successful each competitions during his clip with the club. He made an instant interaction aft arriving from Italy, winning Arsenal's Player of the Month grant successful September 2021.

"He’s been trying everything helium perchance could to effort to debar [surgery]," Mikel Arteta said successful February. "We did that arsenic good with the department. At immoderate signifier it wasn’t reacting arsenic good arsenic we needed it to, truthful we decided betwixt each parties that the champion happening to bash was person country again.

"Unfortunately it’s going to support him retired for a agelong play again and it’s precise bittersweet due to the fact that helium is simply a subordinate who lives for the game. He is truly keen to play and beryllium consistent, and erstwhile helium is astatine his level he’s an unthinkable subordinate for us."

On helping Tomiyasu passim his wounded recovery, Arteta added: "We are perpetually trying to bash that, but arsenic a overseas idiosyncratic you don’t person your household and relatives astir you, you are connected your ain for galore months. Especially for him, his beingness is football.

"When you recognize what helium does during the day, it’s conscionable mentation for the adjacent day, to beryllium successful the champion imaginable condition. When injuries contradict you that anticipation to play and fulfil the intent you person successful your career, it’s very, precise pugnacious and hopefully helium knows we are each present trying to assistance him but it’s tough. He needs to spell done those moments, and I’ve been there, it’s a precise lonely process."

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