Arsenal Football Club can confirm that Arturo Lupoli has completed his move to Serie A team Fiorentina after seeing out his contract with the Gunners.
Lupoli, 20, who spent last season on loan at Derby County, joined Arsenal as a scholar in summer 2004, making his first team debut shortly after on 27th October in a 2-1 League Cup victory at Manchester City.
The young Italian striker made one substitute appearance in the Premiership and also made seven League Cup appearances, together with one outing in the FA Cup. During his time at Arsenal, Arturo had a fantastic goalscoring ratio, scoring 48 goals from his 51 overall appearances, which included 37 goals from 38 reserve team matches.
Everyone at Arsenal would like to thank Arturo for his contribution to the Club and wish him the best of luck during for the future.
Arsenal supporters may have seen this transfer being announced in the media for some time. However, Arsenal.com would like to reiterate that Arsenal Football Club only communicates transfers when they are completed.
I wonder if he's a wasted talent? And this time round so many players leave....