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Kolasinac signs for Arsenal on a free transfer

Football Soccer - Schalke 04 v Hamburg SV - Bundesliga - Veltins-Arena, Germany - 13/5/17 Schalke's Sead Kolasinac celebrates after Guido Burgstaller scored their first goal Reuters / Leon Kuegeler Livepic

(Reuters) - Arsenal have signed Schalke 04's Bosnia left back Sead Kolasinac on a free transfer, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

Kolasinac will start pre-season training with Arsenal in July "subject to the completion of all regulatory processes", the north London club announced on their website (www.arsenal.com).

Schalke confirmed in a statement that the 23-year-old had signed a deal at The Emirates which runs until 2022.

Kolasinac will be competing with two senior left backs, Nacho Monreal and Kieran Gibbs, for a first-team spot.

He represented Germany at youth level before deciding in 2013 to play for Bosnia, his parents' homeland, and has collected 17 caps.

(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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