Look out our potential back 6. White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Merino and Rice. Imagine being a loan CF of a team thats parked the bus and you are asked to win the ball and hold it up against that lot.

    Qwiss like I said, teams will give up in the tunnel and look forward to their next match. Big, strong, fast, skilful players.

    I was also looking at these guys prices. We just picked up Merino for £28m and he’s expected to start. So many of these guys are sub £40m, other than Declan and Havertz. The guys we are sweating have been affordably assembled. Compare with United’s shopping sprees

      Clrnc been saying this guy will be a game changer. He is going to help solve a lot of our left side connectivity issues, while giving us all those defensive attributes Arteta loves. It’s an important veteran buy like Trossard - who was also under appreciated on his arrival.

        You know he's going to last too. Been at the top of his game since PES 5.

        Over or under against Arteta’s career here?

        150 games
        16 goals
        8 assists

        over on the goals and assists.

        I'd rather not predict Merino will pull up trees. What I'm expecting from him is maturity and confidence, footballing aggression and a properly cultivated, Swiss Army knife skillset which allows him to contribute in different ways. Those raking forward passes on the highlights reel will be turnovers in real matches ... it's more his energy, mobility and strength in duels that will be an asset.

        Very glad he's had that stint in Newcastle already so he knows the league fairly well. This will be a great transfer if he stays rolling, doesn't mind being benched sometimes, and works out a bit better than 22–23 Xhaka for two or three seasons.

        Lets go. Finally. Welcome to the Arsenal, Big Mik!

        Speaks pretty good English too, thats always a bonus. (at least from that small clip). Its about time it was finalized. Now onto the next phantom target!

          est is that some kind of AI wizardry or is there a story behind those photos?

              est I was coming here to post this. It’s giving me the feels

                He's in the building. Quite enjoy the "cult induction" thing we do for new players nowadays. Arteta's always saying something like "We must all show Mikel the Way".

                USArsenal He lived in Newcastle. His English must be good.

                Don Pacifico He's an Arsenal supporter since young.

                The other cool thing is today I learned that Charlie Patino is a boyhood Deportivo La Coruna fan and he was starstruck when his idol Lucas Perez signed for us last time.

                      Love everything about this signing. He's going to fit perfectly into our midfield.

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                      Very happy with this think he will be a really solid, reliable performer for us, who knows how to play LCM.

                      He should also be able to spell Rice now and then and also keeps the experience high in our midfield when Jorginho/Partey leave next year and he doesn't block Nwaneri.

                      Should also have no issues settling in. He already knows Odegaard and Raya. Plus his manager Spanish. Also knows the league and English seems good 😍

                      Welcome to Arsenal Mikel. Looking forward to seeing your corner flag celebration ❤️🤍

                      Welcome Merino 🙂

                      We need to integrate him into the team before the City match. Main tactics should be hoofing it to him and Havertz in order to evade their press.