Arsenal defender Brooke Norton-Cuffy will be joining Genoa in a £3.4 million (€4 million) deal after agreeing a five-year contract with the Serie A club, according to Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.
The Gunners have already given the 20-year-old the green light to leave permanently following four loan spells, and they will be getting an initial £1.7m from his sale, with another coming in add-ons if certain clauses in his contract are triggered going forward.
Arsenal have also included a sell-on clause in the deal, and Norton-Cuffy will undergo his medical ahead of joining the Italian top-flight club within the next 48 hours.
🔴🔵 Details of Brooke Norton-Cuffy deal between Genoa and Arsenal: €2m fixed fee, €2m add-ons.
5 year contract for Brooke as Genoa beat clubs from Ligue1, Bundesliga and UK to the signing.#AFC have included a sell-on clause in the deal, medical will be in 48h. ⤵️ https://t.co/wEYq0Z1ZKU
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 12, 2024
He had other suitors from Ligue 1, Bundesliga and England after impressing at Millwall last season, but Genoa have won the race for his services and he will be keen to impress in Italy having not got the chance to at Arsenal.
Norton-Cuffy bagged two goals and four assists in 40 Championship appearances last term, and he has 106 first-team appearances under his belt having also played for the likes of Coventry City, Rotherham United and League One club Lincoln City.
He joined Arsenal aged 12 in 2016 from Chelsea, signing his first professional contract in January 2021 and playing regularly for the under-21s before leaving on loan to Lincoln in January 2022.
Despite his talents and huge potential, breaking into the first-team of the North Londoners was always going to be tough.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Jurrien Timber and even Thomas Partey as his current options in the position, with academy graduate Reuell Walters forced to leave after his contract expired at the end of last season having struggled to break into the side.
Norton-Cuffy is set to follow the 19-year-old out of the club, and more departures at youth team level could be on the cards in the coming days.
