Takehiro Tomiyasu breaks silence with emotional Arsenal message as exit confirmed

Takehiro Tomiyasu has admitted it was an "honour" to correspond Arsenal aft his exit was confirmed by the club.

The Gunners and the defender person reached an statement to extremity the 26-year-old's declaration early, with the Japan planetary leaving with contiguous effect. It brings an extremity to his four-year spell successful northbound London aft joining from Bologna successful 2021.

"After 4 unforgettable years, the clip has travel for maine to accidental goodbye to this unthinkable club," Tomiyasu wrote connected Instagram. "Obviously, I person got galore things to say, but the happening that I privation to archer you guys the astir is conscionable convey you for the emotion you guys gave me.

"I was truthful blessed to beryllium present with my teammates, Mikel, the coaching staff, supporting staff, everyone who was astir maine successful this club. From my archetypal time astatine the Emirates to each infinitesimal wearing the reddish and white, it has genuinely been an grant to correspond this badge.

"To the supporters, convey you for the emotion you’ve been giving maine connected and disconnected the pitch. I volition ne'er hide it, and it volition enactment successful maine forever. To the teammates, I’m truthful blessed that we’ve shared galore memories with you guys, due to the fact that I cognize however bully you guys are, not lone arsenic a subordinate but arsenic a person.

"I’m looking guardant to seeing each of you guys ON the transportation soon. It’s clip for a caller chapter, but I’m everlastingly arrogant to person been a Gunner. Once a Gunner, ever a Gunner. ARIGATO and each the best, Tomi."

Tomiyasu has been plagued by injuries implicit the past 2 years and underwent genu country successful February. He made conscionable 1 quality successful the 2024/25 play and is not expected to instrumentality to enactment - wherever that whitethorn beryllium - until the backmost extremity of 2025 oregon aboriginal 2026.

A fig of Arsenal players commented connected Tomiyasu's Instagram station to privation the subordinate well. Declan Rice wrote: "Good luck Tomi [love bosom emoji]." Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber commented emotion bosom emojis of their own, portion the authoritative Arsenal relationship wrote: "Thank you for everything, Tomi [love bosom emoji]."

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