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£12m player has just agreed to deal to leave Arsenal but he won’t leave the Emirates until the summer

Srinivas Sadhanand

Mon 3 February 2025 6:55, UK

On deadline day, Arsenal’s prerogative will be to keep all their key players and potentially try to bring a fresh face or two to boost their chances of winning major silverware this season.

Arsenal showed in their 5-1 destruction of Manchester ☂City that they it would be premature to write off their chances 💟of making history this campaign.

If Mikel Arteta is further backed ꦏon deadline day, the Gunners co✱uld pose a serious threat to any and every team in Europe during the business end of the season.

But from an outgoings perspective at the Emirates Stadium, a player whose future has seemed up in the air is Jorginho.

Mikel Arteta reportedly💫 blocked Jorginho’s move to Flamengo, with the Brazilian gﷺiants hoping to sign the Italian international.

Flamengo first targeted Jorginho’s signature just a few weeks ago.

Arsenal midfielder Jorginho signs pre-contract with Flamengo

Mikel Arteta has no interest in selling Jorginho, who remains a key squad player for Arsenal.

Arsenal were reportedly eyeing Douglas Luiz to replace the £12 ൲million () man but that ꦡno longer seems to be the case.

Now, journalist Rudy Galet🎶ti has claimed that Jorginho has signed a pre-contract with Flamengo and is set to leave Arsenal in the summer.

“Jorginho just signed a pre-contract with Flamengo ov✤er a summer move.”

“The Brazilian club explored the margins with Arsenal for 🦩a transfer in this session but Arsenal closed the door. That’s 🍃why Flamengo finalised a free-agent deal.”

Jorginho has been considering his future away from the Emirates Stadium for a while. But Mikel Arteta is a big fan of Jorginho’s attitude, who has be🐲en a consistent performe🔜r since joining Arsenal from Chelsea in 2022.

Jorginho is basically a coach behind the scenes at Arsenal

Jorginho is basically a coach at Arsenal behind the scenes.

Journalist Charles Watts revealed in September: “And even with his minutes seemingly being reduced for now, Jorginho is still such an impoꦅrtant influence on the squad. He’s a leader and he still plays a key role off the pitch, even when he’s not playing on it.”

“He’s so well-regarded at the club. 🧸By his team-mates, by the coaching staff and by everyone else. He’s such a professional and you can see that on the touchline by the way he talks to his team-mates throughout the game when he’s warming up as a substitute.”

“He’s basically a🙈n extra member of the coaching staff.𓆏”

Jorginho holds Mikel Arteta in high esteem and he will be determined to𝓀 potent👍ially sign off on his time in Europe with a bang.

With important fixtures coming up for꧙ Arsenal across different competitions in the coming weeks, the Champions League winner will be determined to make himself useful when called upon.