Olympique Lyon have completed the signing of released Arsenal utility Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

The England international joins OL as a free agent and has signed a four-year contract.

Maitland-Niles spent last season on-loan with relegated Southampton, where he made 26 appearances.

"If I had been told aged six that I would one day be at Lyon, I could never have imagined it. I had to seize this opportunity," he told Lyon's website.

Maitland-Niles, 25, made 132 appearances for Arsenal.