Arsenal have agreed a deal worth over £50m to sign England international defender Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa, with the 28-year-old scheduled to have a medical before completing his move to Emirates Stadium. The agreement comes after BBC Sport revealed last week that Arsenal had reopened talks with Villa over Konsa but initially fell short of reaching terms, before refocusing their efforts to strike a deal. The departure marks another major change for Aston Villa this summer. Winning the Europa League and finishing fourth in the Premier League to secure Champions League football for the 2026-27 season would normally leave a club in a position of strength, but Villa have seen their squad broken up under financial constraints. Konsa has been a key figure under manager Unai Emery, making 48 appearances in all competitions last season with two goals and one assist as Villa secured European silverware. Since joining the club in July 2019, the defender has made 286 appearances across seven seasons. The defender did not feature during Aston Villa's pre-season matches, including the 2-1 defeat against Paris St-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup, after Emery granted him four weeks off following the World Cup. Konsa played in every game of England's run to third place, with Emery noting after the final warm-up match against Borussia Monchengladbach that Konsa, Emiliano Martinez, and Ollie Watkins were due to join up after that game. Complying with UEFA and Premier League financial rules forced Villa to sell Morgan Rogers to Chelsea for a record £117m, leaving the club as a casualty of regulations they had opposed. Villa also permitted left-back Lucas Digne to join Paris St-Germain, bringing in Atletico Madrid's Matteo Ruggeri as his replacement. Substantial uncertainty surrounds Villa's squad just four days before their season opener at Brighton, with the club facing the loss of its core before the month ends as goalkeeper Martinez is also set to depart. The squad is undergoing a transformation that would normally take two or three transfer windows to unfold. Captain John McGinn maintained a defiant stance when asked about the departures, stating that the team retains the structures and values that created their success and pointing to their strong performance despite losing the UEFA Super Cup to PSG. Emery now faces a decisive two-week period to steady the squad before the transfer window shuts. Premier League matches command substantial viewership across Somalia and the wider region, making this £50m transfer a notable talking point among local supporters. Somali Arsenal fans will closely follow how Konsa bolsters the backline, while Villa followers in Mogadishu and beyond face an opening weekend with an overhauled squad.