Mikel Arteta said the signing of Bruno Guimaraes volition assistance Arsenal spell to the "next level" and hinted that the Gunners are not done with their summertime transportation activity.
The signing of Guimaraes for £75m from Newcastle United was officially announced connected Saturday and the 28-year-old midfielder was introduced to the fans wrong Emirates Stadium earlier the lucifer against Borussia Dortmund.
Guimaraes was not included successful the matchday squad for the 3-2 nonaccomplishment to Dortmund but is apt to beryllium progressive successful the crippled against Como connected Wednesday.
Arteta was speedy to explicate wherefore helium was truthful keen to bring the Brazilian to northbound London.
"I'm delighted to person him," helium said. "We spot precise intelligibly - particularly the vigor that helium brought instantly to the grooming crushed - the hunger, the tendency to travel present and make a large past astatine the club.
"And that's the ambition that we need.
"We privation to spell to the adjacent level and are very, precise overmuch convinced that we're going to request players with specified a personality, tendency and quality to propulsion everybody wrong the organisation to spell adjacent higher."
The signing of Guimaraes means Arteta present has plentifulness of prime successful midfield with Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard, Martin Zubimendi, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ethan Nwaneri, Eberechi Eze and Mikel Merino each options successful the mediate of the pitch.
And Arteta went into item astir what helium hopes Guimaraes tin bring to the Arsenal broadside this play arsenic they look to support their Premier League title.
"On the pitch, versatility to play successful 2 antithetic positions successful narration to what we privation oregon the hostile does," helium said.
"A subordinate which evidently has tremendous timing and intuition to triumph the shot backmost and advancement play very, precise fast.
"He's a subordinate that is precise comfy putting radical through, moving betwixt the lines, moving successful behind.
"And past he's a extremity threat. He's got a odor and a truly bully timing to get successful the box. And helium has the capableness to decorativeness the actions."
Arsenal person already completed the signing of Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge and brought successful goalkeeper Illan Meslier connected a escaped transfer.
The Gunners pursued Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr but the guardant signed a caller six-year woody to stay successful Spain. Yet Arteta was wide Arsenal are going to proceed to effort to beryllium ambitious successful the transportation market
"Well, that's what we're trying to do. If we person the close subordinate successful the marketplace to marque america overmuch better. We are precise overmuch looking guardant to that."
The Arsenal manager besides gave an update connected the fittingness of Jurrien Timber, saying helium is inactive "weeks away" from returning to fitness, portion William Saliba is different semipermanent absentee arsenic helium recovers from a backmost injury.
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