Arsenal sun kammala sayan mai tsaron raga Illan Meslier ba tare da kuɗin canjin wuri ba, inda ɗan wasan Faransa ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru biyu tare da zaɓin tsawaita zuwa shekara ta uku.

Meslier, ɗan shekara 26, ya zo daga Leeds bayan kakar wasa bakwai a kulob din Yorkshire, inda ya yi wasanni 215 kuma ya kiyaye ragar sa tsabta sau 70. Ya rasa matsayinsa na farko a Elland Road, kwantiragin sa ya ƙare wannan kakar rani, wanda ya sa ya zama samuwa kyauta.

Yana mai magana game da canjin wurinsa, Meslier ya ce: "Ina farin ciki sosai kuma ina alfahari sosai da shiga Arsenal. Ba zan iya jiran nuna ƙaunar da nake da ita ga wannan alamar ba, kuma ba zan iya jiran lashe kofuna tare da wannan ƙungiyar ba, domin wannan kulob ne da ke bukatar ɗaga kofuna koyaushe."

Matsayin Meslier a cikin tsarin masu tsaron raga

Mai tsaron raga na farko na Arsenal David Raya ya yi wasa mai ban sha'awa a kakar 2025-26, inda ya sami kyautar Golden Glove ta Premier League da kiyaye ragar sa tsabta sau 19 a wasanni 37 yayin da Gunners suka lashe taken. An kafa Meslier a matsayin zaɓi na uku a bayan Raya da Kepa Arrizabalaga wanda shi ne zaɓi na biyu a yanzu.

Duk da haka, makomar Arrizabalaga ba ta tabbata ba kafin kakar gaba. Idan Ba'ispaniyar ya tafi, Meslier zai ɗaukaka zuwa matsayin mai tsaron raga na biyu — wani yanayi da ya iya jan hankalinsa zuwa wannan canjin wuri.

BBC Sport ta fara bayyana sha'awar Arsenal ga Meslier a ranar 30 ga Yuni, kuma canjin wuri yanzu an tabbatar da shi a hukumance. Ana tsammanin isarsa zai sa saurayi Tommy Setford ya tafi aro wannan rani.