Arsenal has completed the signing of Crithic Mosquera from Valencia in a deal with a value of at least £ 13 million.
Mosquera has joined his new teammates in Singapore after he agreed a five -year contract.
The deal for the 21-year-old, who underwent a medical in London, could rise with performance-related add-ons.
Mosquera had entered Valencia in the last year of his contract and had rejected a new deal because he wanted to become a member of Arsenal.
Mosquera was born of Colombian parents in Spain and joined Valencia at the age of 12, who made 90 senior performances and scored one goal.
He also made 11 performances for Spain U21s and started all their matches at the U21 European championship this summer before they were eliminated by England in the quarterfinals.
Mosquera is a naturally right-sided center-back, but has also played on the left and is expected to offer competition for both William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes.
Young, physically composed – Mosquera has talent to be tightened
Nick Wright from Sky Sports:
One of the best indicators of the quality of Crithian Mosquera can be found in the large number of minutes he played. Since he was set up in the Valencia team at the age of 19 in August 2023, he has started 70 league games on a possible 72.
In probably the most challenging position on the field tactically, and with all the pressure to play for one of the largest clubs in Spain while navigating in a turbulent period, the young center-back by two different managers was not enlarged.
His total of 6,394 minutes played in the past two seasons is the highest by everyone aged 21 or younger in Europe's top five competitions. The amount of playing time emphasizes reliability and robustness. It also gave frees such as Arsenal enough to continue.
It was clear that they liked what they saw, and they were not the only ones, with Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig also said they followed him. He goes to Arsenal with a reputation as one of the most promising young center-backs in Europe …
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