Arsenal lose David Ospina for £3.5m after Napoli choose buy-back option

DAVID OSPINA is leaving Arsenal for £3.5million — after Napoli took up their option to buy the keeper.

Colombian international Ospina impressed boss Carlo Ancelotti on loan at the Serie A side last term.

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Ospina, 30, cost the Gunners £3.2m from Nice in 2014 but will now join Napoli permanently.

He was sent on loan in Naples at the beginning of the season after German stopper Bernd Leno arrived at the Emirates for £22.5million.

Ospina made 24 appearances for Napoli last term keeping eight clean sheets.

Elsewhere, Arsenal have missed out on main transfer target Yannick Carrasco, 25, as Dalian Yifang’s £30m fee is too high for the cash-strapped North Londoners.

The Gunners had made former Atletico Madrid midfielder Carrasco one of their top transfer targets this summer.

Unai Emery tried to revive his bid for the 25-year-old wideman having just failed to agree a deal to sign him in the January transfer window.

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And Carrasco revealed exclusively last month how he was open to the prospect of moving to the Emirates and playing Premier League football next season.

But SunSport now understands Arsenal are out of the running for the Dalian Yifang ace, with the Chinese Super League club wanting £30million for his services.

And their second-choice winger, Ryan Fraser, 25, is staying at Bournemouth.