Arsenal Sign Barcelona Defender

Joel Lopez

Spanish adolescent Joel Lopez has affirmed that he has joined Arsenal in the wake of diverting down another offer from Barcelona. 

Affirming the move in his Instagram page, the 16-year-old turned into the most recent adolescent to leave the club's celebrated around the world La Masia foundation. 

The adolescent has marked a grant manage Arsenal and will be qualified to sign proficient terms when he turns 17 one year from now. 

"Joel Lopez, left again from Barcelona, has rejected a contact from Barcelona and chose to join Arsenal. 

"Joel is just 16 years of age and profoundly evaluated in Barcelona. Ideally he'll be playing for the principal group soon!" he composed on Instagram. 

The nearness of Arsenal's head of football relations Raul Sanllehi who was once in the past a chief of football at the Nou Camp, assumed a significant part in the youngster settling on north London. 

The high school star followed in the strides of Cesc Fabregas, Fran Merida and Hector Bellerin, with 21-year-old focus half Julio Pleguezuelo the latest expansion from the Barcelona positions