Overview
- Multiple outlets report this week that UD Las Palmas are working with Arsenal on a season-long loan for 20-year-old Tommy Setford but no agreement has been finalised.
- Setford joined Arsenal from Ajax in summer 2024, is an England under-20 international and made his first-team debut in the 2024-25 campaign while training with Mikel Arteta’s senior squad.
- Arsenal strengthened goalkeeping depth this summer with the signing of Illan Meslier, which the club sees as creating space for a loan move so Setford can get regular senior minutes.
- Las Palmas believe Setford can compete for immediate game time as they prepare for a promotion push, and interest in their current keeper could accelerate any deal.
- If completed, the loan would follow Arsenal’s recent strategy of sending top prospects abroad to gain experience and could change the club’s goalkeeper pecking order if Kepa departs.