ARSENAL have announced that Konstantinos Mavropanos has signed a new contract but will be loaned out again next season.
The 22-year-old defender, who has been at Bundesliga 2 side Nuremberg since January, will join Stuttgart this summer.
He made 12 appearances for the German second-division strugglers and became a key figure in saving them from relegation this season.
Stuttgart, who were linked with a move for Mavropanos earlier this year, will be playing in the Bundesliga next season after earning promotion.
It was the club’s director of football Sven Mislintat who took him to Arsenal from Greek side PAS Giannina in January 2018.
But since then, the Greece Under-21 international has played just seven Premier League games.
Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta will begin the hunt for defensive reinforcements this summer to tighten the Gunners’ leaky backline.
Following Wednesday night’s 2-1 win against champions Liverpool, the Spaniard was asked whether he would be given the finances to improve his squad this summer.
He told Sky Sports: “I don’t know. It’s a big concern.
“You need it to build a squad. It’s not magic. You need to improve with quality players in the squad and you need bigger squads to compete in this competition. There’s the challenge.”
