Cristhian Mosquera’s affection for Arsenal stretches far beyond his arrival at the club this summer, but it was a conversation with Mikel Arteta which convinced the Spanish centre back to join the Gunners.
Mosquera chiselled out a reputation for himself as one of Europe’s most promising young defenders last season. The 2024 Olympic champion with Spain started all but one of Valencia’s league games at the tender age of 20—and he was missed in that rare absence: a 7–1 defeat to Barcelona.
