Leandro Trossard Completes Move to Besiktas

Leandro Trossard’s Arsenal chapter is over. The next one starts on the Bosphorus.

The 31-year-old Belgium international has completed a permanent move from Arsenal to Besiktas, sealing a switch to the Turkish Super Lig for a reported £15.3 million fee. A short club statement confirmed the deal; the significance for player and club runs deeper.

Trossard arrived in north London from Brighton in January 2023 as a mid-season solution and quickly became far more than that. Intelligent in tight spaces, slippery between the lines and ruthless when the mood took him, he gave Mikel Arteta something precious in a title-chasing side: end product from the fringes.

Across all competitions, he pulled on the Arsenal shirt 174 times, scoring 36 goals and laying on 34 assists. Those are not squad-player numbers. They are the output of a winger trusted in big moments, often from the left, sometimes inside, occasionally through the middle when the system demanded it.

His contribution peaked last season as Arsenal finally climbed back to the summit of English football, lifting the Premier League title for the first time in more than 20 years. Trossard was not the poster boy of that triumph, but he was a constant thread in the story — the extra pass, the late run, the shot that turned tension into relief.

The club’s farewell was respectful and measured. “Everyone at Arsenal would like to thank Leo for his valued contribution to the club and wish him all the best for his future,” read the statement. No fanfare, no extended montage. Just an acknowledgement that a reliable, technically gifted forward had played his part in dragging Arsenal back among the elite.

For Besiktas, this is a statement signing. They are not just buying a name from the Premier League; they are taking on a World Cup winger who featured at the 2026 tournament, a player hardened by title races and European nights, still sharp enough at 31 to tilt games in his favour.

For Arsenal, it is another decisive step in a squad evolution under Arteta that shows no sign of slowing. For Trossard, it is a new stage, a new city, and a fresh demand to prove that his impact in London was not the peak, only the prelude.