{"id":915349,"date":"2026-06-25T13:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/arsenal-make-hincapies-loan-move-permanent\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:14:09","slug":"arsenal-make-hincapies-loan-move-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/arsenal-make-hincapies-loan-move-permanent\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal make Hincapie\u2019s loan move permanent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.performgroup.com\/di\/library\/omnisport\/a\/5b\/hincapie_4j163lybs0e11jili424byjr0.jpg?t=38682543\" alt=\"Soccer Arsenal make Hincapie\u2019s loan move permanent\">\n                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/bundesliga\/\"><br \/>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/soccer-news\/img\/tn-icon.svg\" alt=\"Soccer competition icon\"><br \/>\n                                    Bundesliga News                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Arsenal have taken up the option to sign defender Piero Hincapie on a permanent transfer from Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p>Hincapie joined Arsenal on loan at the end of last year&#8217;s summer transfer window, with the Gunners holding the option to make the move permanent.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have now activated that clause, meaning the 24-year-old, who is on duty with Ecuador at the World Cup, will officially join them on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Hincapie was a mainstay in the Bayer Leverkusen team that won a domestic double under Xabi Alonso in the 2023-24 campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Arsenal get excited when they see you play<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Piero&#8217;s best moments from his debut season <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pfOL0tB9pp\">pic.twitter.com\/pfOL0tB9pp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Arsenal\/status\/2070152535298527550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He made 39 appearances for Arsenal in 2025-26, as Mikel Arteta&#8217;s team won the Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p>Hincapie, who spent most of his time at Leverkusen playing as a centre-back, was deployed mainly at left-back by Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 2,763 minutes Hincapie has tallied up for Arsenal, he has spent 68% of that time at left-back, and 32% at centre-back.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/arsenal-make-hincapies-loan-move-permanent\/401088\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews Editorial Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Bundesliga News Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team. Arsenal have taken up the option to sign defender Piero Hincapie on a permanent transfer from Bayer Leverkusen. Hincapie joined Arsenal on loan at the end of last year&#8217;s summer transfer window, with the Gunners holding the option to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":915350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22524,150543,2005],"tags":[7531,150542],"class_list":["post-915349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arsenal","category-hincapies","category-soccer","tag-arsenal","tag-hincapies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}