Arsenal winger offered €9m salary as €20m fee accepted

Arsenal winger offered €9m salary as €20m fee acceptedArsenal have reportedly agreed a fee for the 31-year-old, but the forward still has to settle his personal terms with Besiktas.Photo by Fran Santiago/Getty Images

>Besiktas are reportedly ready to offer Leandro Trossard a salary worth €9million a year as they try to complete a deal for the Arsenal forward.

>The Turkish club have already agreed a transfer fee with Arsenal, according to Adam Leventhal and James McNicholas of The Athletic, who reported: “Besiktas have agreed a €20million (£17.1m) deal with Arsenal to sign Leandro Trossard.”

>That deal is understood to be worth €18m plus €2m in add-ons, but at the time of The Athletic’s report personal terms had not been agreed with Trossard.

>Turkish outlet Sabah are now reporting that Besiktas are prepared to offer the 31-year-old left winger €9m a year, with the transfer expected to be completed quickly if a compromise can be reached on financial issues.

Sabah, 5 July 2026

>That works out at around €173,000 a week, or approximately £150,000. Trossard’s last Arsenal contract reportedly included a hefty pay rise that took him to about £180,000 a week, although the higher-earner tax rate in Turkey is lower than in the UK so he won’t be taking much of a hit if this offer is accurate.

>Trossard scored eight goals and provided 11 assists last season, continuing to deliver as he has since joining Arsenal in 2023.

>His arrival came after Chelsea hijacked Arsenal’s move for Mykhailo Mudryk, with the Gunners having spent the winter of 2022-23 pursuing the Shakhtar Donetsk winger, agreeing personal terms and believing they were in pole position before Chelsea made a higher offer and completed an £88m transfer.

>Arsenal then moved quickly for Trossard, signing him from Brighton for around £27m. It proved a smart pivot, with the Belgium international a player who made an immediate impact while Mudryk serves out a four-year doping ban.

>It is widely accepted that Arsenal will upgrade their left flank this summer, with Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli both facing uncertain futures.

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