Arsenal confirmed the sale
of Ivory Coast forward
Gervinho to Roma, for a
fee reported to be in the
region of £7m.
The 26-year-old found
first-team games hard to
come by last season and
was limited to mostly
substitute appearances.
Manager Arsène Wenger
signed Gervinho from Lille
for £10.5m in July 2011
but he was only able to
find the back of the net on
four occasions in his first
campaign at the Emirates
Stadium, and added seven
last season.
Gervinho has been capped
45 times by the Ivory
Coast and represented
them at this year's African
Cup of Nations.
Roma finished sixth in
Serie A last season but
have had a busy summer
in the transfer market,
with Gervinho the 13th
addition to Rudi Garcia's
squad.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/arsenal-cut-losses-on-gervinho-after-roma-clinch-7m-deal-8753264.html