Arsenal goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has reportedly decided he is open to leaving the club to play more first-team football as a deal with Ilan Meslier is finalized.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to BBC Sport and others, the French shot-stopper is set to complete a move to the Emirates Stadium, but this is likely to put Kepa’s future in doubt.<\/p>\n Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple<\/u><\/span> & Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n There seems to be a lot of speculation as to what exactly this means for Arsenal’s goalkeeping options, with Kepa likely remaining the club’s second choice and Meslier potentially becoming their third choice.<\/p>\n However, Ben Jacobs has hinted in the post below that he is open to a move that could see Kepa leave the Gunners and be his first choice elsewhere…<\/p>\n “Arsenal have agreed to sign goalkeeper Illan Meslier, who is a free agent after leaving Leeds. There is still no guarantee that Kepa Arrizabalaga will stay. The Spanish keeper is ready to leave in search of a starting role,” Jacobs said on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n Want more catchoffside coverage? Add us <\/i><\/b>Google recommended sources<\/span><\/i><\/b> Add trusted news to your favorites list<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Kepa only joined Arsenal from Chelsea last summer, so it wouldn’t be too surprising if his stay in north London was short-lived.<\/p>\n The 31-year-old was never likely to play many games when he joined Mikel Arteta’s side, but he ended up starting against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final.<\/p>\n Kepa started in the other games in the competition and was apparently named as Arteta’s cup keeper, but he did not perform well in the 2-0 defeat against Man City at Wembley.<\/p>\n Few AFC supporters will be disappointed to see Kepa leave, and Meslier appears to be a suitable option to replace Kepa as the main keeper on the bench.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenal players training ahead of the Champions League final (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images) Arsenal goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has reportedly decided he is open to leaving the club to play more first-team football as a deal with Ilan Meslier is finalized. According to BBC Sport and others, the French shot-stopper is set to complete a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-49816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Kepa could be back on the move after difficult spell at Arsenal<\/h2>\n