{"id":861519,"date":"2026-08-20T02:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861519\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T02:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:40:17","slug":"arsenal-ezri-konsa-details-premier-league-transfer-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861519\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal, Ezri Konsa: Details, Premier League transfer news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arsenal have reportedly agreed a deal to sign England international defender Ezri Konsa from Premier League rivals Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Premier League champions Arsenal are set to land Konsa in a $97million AUD transfer, according to widespread reports in the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arsenal had long been linked with a move for the 28-year-old, who emerged as a top defensive target heading into the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal wanted to add a versatile defender who can play right-back and centre-back with\u00a0William Saliba\u00a0sidelined due to a back injury and\u00a0Jurrien Timber\u00a0still weeks away as he aims to overcome a groin injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Konsa \u2013 who featured for England at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America \u2013 is set to land at the Emirates Stadium ahead of the club\u2019s title defence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARSENAL SQUAD 2026-27: <a href=\"https:\/\/football360.com.au\/arsenal-squad-2026-27-players-numbers-transfers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full player list, squad numbers, transfers and predicted XI<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Konsa was a key part of Villa\u2019s UEFA Europa League-winning campaign last season, making 48 appearances across all competitions \u2013 scoring twice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He joined Villa in 2019 and has made almost 300 appearances for the Premier League outfit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Konsa is set to become Arsenal\u2019s fifth signing, after making Piero Hincapie\u2019s loan move from Bayer Leverkusen permanent before recruiting goalkeeper\u00a0Illan Meslier, Christos Tzolis and\u00a0Bruno Guimaraes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arsenal start their Premier League season at home to promoted Coventry City on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have reportedly agreed a deal to sign England international defender Ezri Konsa from Premier League rivals Aston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[3361,11184,64,63,368922,596,85],"class_list":["post-861519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-aston-villa","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ezri-konsa","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}