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Arsenal have made their first signing of the summer with Bundesliga defender

Arsene Wenger has completed his first piece of business with 23-year-old Sead Kolasinac.

ARSENE WENGER HAS completed his first signing of the summer transfer window with the acquisition of 23-year-old Schalke defender Sead Kolasinac.

Born in Germany, the left sided player has operated in both defence and midfield throughout his career and signs on a free transfer having spent his entire senior career in the Bundesliga playing for Schalke.

He will join Arsenal on 1 July when his contact at the German club expires, pending a successful medical.

In a statement released on Monday, Arsenal said: “Sead Kolasinac will join us this summer on a long-term contract. Subject to the completion of all regulatory processes, the defender will start pre-season training in July.”

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Kolasinac is a Bosnia Herzegovina international despite representing Germany at youth level.

He played twice in the 2014 World Cup, against Iran in a 3-1 victory while also scoring a third minute own goal when Bosnia were defeated 2-1 by finalists Argentina in the group stages.

The defender made over 100 appearances for Schalke from 2012 to 2017, with 23 coming in the Uefa Champions League and Europa League.

Bayern Munich vs FC Schalke 04 The defender made over 100 appearances for Schalke. DPA / PA Images DPA / PA Images / PA Images

Schalke said on Tuesday that following the expiration of his contract the player would join Arsenal.

“Sead Kolasinac will complete a move to Arsenal FC upon the expiry of his contract with Schalke 04 on 30th June 2017,” read the club’s statement.

“The reigning FA Cup winners, who finished fifth in the 2016/17 Premier League campaign, have agreed a deal with the 23-year-old left back which runs until 2022.”

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    Jul 25th 2016, 7:29 PM

    The Christy Ring needs exposure and support, I still can’t understand why they stopped playing the final on all ireland semi-final day, some of the games were more competitive and interesting than what we’re getting in the senior championship currently

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    Mute JR
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    Jul 25th 2016, 7:25 PM

    Glad to see a bit of common sense being applied to the ‘mark’.

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    Jul 26th 2016, 7:42 PM

    JR, there is no common sense in anything that the GAA write in rules, you could drive a coach and four through it all as usual. It has to be ambiguous and complicated, nothing simple.

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    Jul 25th 2016, 7:42 PM

    The mark in my opinion won’t change an awful lot. Why would a team go long with a potentially 50/50 kick out with the only reward is possession outside the 45(I know it would be a free)? Teams will continue to take short kick outs to secure possession. In the current situation teams generally don’t have too much trouble after winning a short kick out to get passed the 45 anyway. So all in all teams won’t bother changing from short kicks as for them a quick kick is a better return than a potential long kick out with the chance that they wont clean catch it anyway.

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    Jul 25th 2016, 11:07 PM

    It’s the tackle or lack thereof that needs defining to sort out football

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