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And so the moaning begins (although did it really end?)
WHY HAVENT ARSENAL SIGNED ANYONE?
They cry.
LOOK AT ALL THE BUSINESS EVERYONE ELSE HAS DONE?
They moan.
WE ARE GOING TO GET LEFT BEHIND!!!!!!!
They tweet.
Well I have one image for you.
And that really does sum it up.
Calm down dear.
For those saying we have not yet signed anyone yet, have you a short memory? Did you get hit by a chair in France?
Arsenal have signed a rock to build the team around (get it? Grant. Rock.).
Granit Xhaka is a tough tackling central midfielder who can pass. A leader, he has been one of the stand out central midfielders at Euro 2016. Top quality signing.
As for other clubs doing business…
Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
Granit Xhaka | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Arsenal | £33.8m |
Emerson Hyndman | Fulham | Bournemouth | Free |
Nathan Aké | Chelsea | Bournemouth | Loan |
Freddie Ladapo | Margate | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
Jonathan Edwards | Peterborough United | Hull City | Undisclosed |
Ron-Robert Zieler | Hannover 96 | Leicester City | Undisclosed |
Luis Hernández | Sporting Gijón | Leicester City | Free |
Joël Matip | Schalke 04 | Liverpool | Free |
Loris Karius | Mainz 05 | Liverpool | £4.7m |
Sadio Mane | Southampton | Liverpool | £34m |
Ilkay Gundogan | Borussia Dortmund | Manchester City | £20m |
Aaron Mooy | Melbourne City | Manchester City | Free |
Eric Bailly | Villarreal | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic | PSG | Manchester United | Free |
Viktor Fischer | Ajax | Middlesbrough | £3.8m |
Bernardo | Sporting Gijón | Middlesbrough | Free |
Nathan Redmond | Norwich City | Southampton | £11m |
Victor Wanyama | Southampton | Tottenham Hotspur | £11m |
Jerome Sinclair | Liverpool | Watford | £4m |
Tony Martínez | Valencia !Spain Valencia | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
Håvard Nordtveit | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Ham United | Free |
Domingos Quina | Portual Benfica | West Ham United | Free |
Sofiane Feghouli | Valencia | West Ham United | Free |
That is a conclusive list of what business every Premier League club has done so far.
Manchester United (2), Manchester City (1) and Tottenham (1) have all added to their first team. But so have Arsenal. Bar that, there has been very little business. Unless you include West Ham getting a free stadium a load of freebies.
We are not getting left behind.
The Euro’s are still on.
The Copa America has only just finished.
And if it annoys you that Arsenal miss out on ‘targets’, remember, a lot of the time press make tenuous links. They have already linked us with over 30!
Relax. Don’t let it ruin your summer. The weather will do that.
Keenos
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Thank you for your sane comments. I read so much crap. It’s nice to read something that makes sense.
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