Leandro Trossard Leaves Arsenal for Besiktas

Leandro Trossard’s Arsenal chapter is over. The Belgian winger has sealed a permanent move to Besiktas, swapping north London for Istanbul in a deal reported at £15.3 million.

At 31, Trossard leaves with his medal collection freshly updated. He arrived from Brighton in January 2023 as a clever, low-key signing; he departs as part of the group that finally dragged Arsenal back to the top of English football, ending a Premier League title drought that had stretched beyond two decades.

His numbers underline how embedded he became in Mikel Arteta’s project. Across all competitions, Trossard pulled on the Arsenal shirt 174 times, scoring 36 goals and laying on 34 assists. He operated as the connector in the final third: drifting off the left, popping up between the lines, and offering the kind of technical security Arteta demands from his forwards.

The move comes off the back of a busy period for the Belgian, who also featured at the 2026 World Cup. Besiktas are buying a player with vast top-flight experience and a proven eye for goal, one who has spent the last few years living inside the pressure cooker of a title chase.

Arsenal marked his exit with a warm, if familiar, farewell, thanking “Leo” for his contribution and wishing him well for the future. Behind the standard statement lies a simple truth: Trossard did exactly what he was brought in to do, and more. He helped turn a promising side into champions.

Now he walks into the noise and intensity of Turkish football, carrying a champion’s pedigree and a playmaker’s craft. How Besiktas harness that mix will shape the next act of a career that still has a few sharp twists left in it.