Arsenal loan watch: How every Gunners loanee is doing in the 2025/26 season

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Eight Arsenal players are out on loan for the 2025/26 season, as several stars look to get more game time elsewhere.

With such a strong squad at Mikel Arteta’s disposal, it was always going to be the case that some players would miss out.

For those either not in his plans or hopeful of being so in the future, a loan move elsewhere could suit them well.

TBR Football looks at each Arsenal player currently on loan, examining their progress and how well they are doing for their respective clubs.

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Arsenal players on loan 2025/26

Oleksandr Zinchenko

• Position: Left-back
• Club: Nottingham Forest
• Games: 6
• Minutes: 479
• Goals: 0
• Assists: 0

Oleksandr Zinchenko joined Arsenal from Manchester City back in 2022, hopeful of adding some quality into the side’s build-up.

The Ukrainian international showed plenty of technical quality, but a mixture of defensive concerns and injuries saw him slide down the pecking order.

Now, Zinchenko is out on loan at Nottingham Forest, after completing a deadline day move to the Premier League side.

Zinchenko made his debut in the EFL Cup, where Forest fell to a late defeat at the hands of Swansea City.

Fabio Vieira

• Position: Attacking midfield/right-wing
• Club: Hamburg
• Games: 4
• Minutes: 271
• Goals: 0
• Assists: 1

Fabio Vieira has joined Hamburg on loan for the season, as the forward looks to recapture some of his best form.

His debut came in their 5-0 drubbing away at Bayern Munich, though fortunes have changed for the Portuguese star since then.

Jakub Kiwior

• Position: Centre-back/left-back
• Club: FC Porto
• Games: 7
• Minutes: 585
• Goals: 0
• Assists: 0

After a few seasons of being a backup player, Jakub Kiwior joined Porto on loan in search of more guaranteed game time.

The Polish international has a buy clause in his deal, which could see him make the move permanent at the end of the season.

So far, with a few games under his belt, Kiwior has impressed and has settled well with the Portuguese club, with the team yet to concede with him on the pitch.

Reiss Nelson

• Position: Right winger
• Club: Brentford
• Games: 1
• Minutes: 22
• Goals: 0
• Assists: 0

Arsenal academy graduate Reiss Nelson has struggled to make a full breakthrough into the senior team in recent seasons.

While there have been cameos for the winger, he has also been given a lack of starts, leading to some loan spells elsewhere.

The latest sees Nelson join Brentford, another London club in which he hopes to make a real impact.

Karl Hein

• Position: Goalkeeper
• Club: Werder Bremen
• Games: 2
• Minutes: 180

Goalkeeper Karl Hein is back on loan again this season, as he looks to gain even more experience between the sticks.

He has joined Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, where he has featured twice, keeping one clean sheet.

Lucas Nygaard

• Position: Goalkeeper
• Club: Brabrand IF
• Games: 4
• Minutes: 360

Another from the goalkeeper ranks, this time in the academy, Lucas Nygaard has gone out on loan to Brabrand IF in the Danish second tier.

The 19-year-old conceded three goals in a 3-2 defeat to Skive on his debut.

Ismeal Kabia

• Position: Right winger
• Club: Shrewsbury Town
• Games: 10
• Minutes: 838
• Goals: 0
• Assists: 1

Promising academy winger Ismeal Kabia has joined League Two outfit Shrewsbury Town on loan for the campaign.

The early season has seen him feature in almost every single game, though he is waiting for his first senior goal and assist.

Maldini Kacurri

• Position: Centre-back
• Club: Morecambe
• Games: 7
• Minutes: 582
• Goals: 0
• Assists: 1

After last season’s loan at Bromley, Maldini Kacurri is back out and playing his football elsewhere again.

This time, he has joined Morecambe following their successful ownership takeover, with a move that is set to expire in January 2026.