{"id":1090059,"date":"2019-05-21T17:56:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1090059"},"modified":"2022-09-21T00:04:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T23:04:44","slug":"twente-confirm-pleguezuelo-signing-arsenal-transfer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/twente-confirm-pleguezuelo-signing-arsenal-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Twente confirm signing of Arsenal defender Julio Pleguezuelo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FC Twente have confirmed the arrival of Spanish defender Julio Pleguezuelo from Arsenal on a two-year contract.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pleguezuelo, who is the first departure from Arsenal ahead of the upcoming summer transfer window, has the option of extending his deal by a further year.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is\u00a0Julio Pleguezuelo: Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Pleguezuelo is a centre-back who spent his youth career at four different clubs in Spain.<\/li>\n<li>He played for Atletico Baleares, Espanyol, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona before moving to Arsenal in 2013.<\/li>\n<li>The 22-year-old spent the 2016\/17 season on loan at Mallorca and the second half of the 2017\/18 season on loan at Gimnastic.<\/li>\n<li>He finally made his senior debut for the Gunners in the League Cup last season.<\/li>\n<li>But he will not wear the Arsenal shirt again after sealing a permanent move to FC Twente.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7266091-the-season-defining-story-from-each-of-europe-s-top-five-leagues<\/p>\n<p>Twente were relegated from the Eredivisie last season but secured an immediate return to the top-flight this term.<\/p>\n<p>Pleguezuelo joins Aitor Cantalapiedra and Javier Espinosa in a trio of former Barcelona players at Twente.<\/p>\n<p>And the former Spain youth international has said he is looking forward to joining up with his countrymen in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels good to be here now, in this beautiful stadium with this beautiful club,&#8221; Pleguezuelo told Twente&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The talks with FC Twente have gone fairly quickly lately and I look forward to playing here soon. I know Aitor and Javier Espinosa from my time at Barcelona and it will be nice to play with them later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luka Jovic\u0301, Daniel James, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sZt8jyEqEZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pleguezuelo on Twente&#8217;s radar &#8220;for some time&#8221; \u2013 Van Leeuwen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There have been some calls for Pleguezuelo to be given a chance in the first-team following a string of impressive displays for Arsenal&#8217;s Under-23 side.<\/p>\n<p>But Unai Emery clearly doesn&#8217;t think the 22-year-old is of a standard to challenge for a place in the senior side.<\/p>\n<p>That news comes as a boost to Twente technical director, Ted van Leeuwen, who says Pleguezuelo&#8217;s arrival is a huge boost to the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FC Twente is delighted that Julio has chosen us for the next step in his career,&#8221; Van Leeuwen said. &#8220;He had several options. 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