Report: Napoli agree to loan deal for Arsenal's Ospina
David Ospina's time at Arsenal may be up.
Last season's Serie A runners-up, Napoli, have agreed to sign the Gunners' out-of-favor goalkeeper, according to the Guardian's Fabrizio Romano and Sachin Nakrani. Colombia's No. 1 is expected to join the Partenopei on loan with an option to make the move permanent.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis had previously confirmed Ospina was one of several targets as the club looked to replace Alex Meret, who broke his arm just days after completing a move from Udinese this summer.
"There are four in contention: (Mexico No. 1 Guillermo) Ochoa, (Liverpool 'keeper Simon) Mignolet, Ospina, and (Nantes stopper Ciprian) Tatarusanu," De Laurentiis told Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli, per Sky Sports' Greg Grimes. "It is true that Ospina could arrive, we are negotiating, there are still some differences on the requests."
It seems those differences have now been resolved, and that Ospina - now Arsenal's third choice between the posts after the summer arrival of Bayer Leverkusen's Bernd Leno to compete with Petr Cech - will get the move he desires. Sky Sports reports he will undergo a medical on Thursday.
Ospina has played 70 games for Arsenal in all competitions across four years at the Emirates Stadium, but has appeared just 11 times in the Premier League since the end of the 2014-15 season.
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