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First wins for Arsenal and Leicester, Chelsea thump Burnley

“They had medicals. We have to finish the paperwork and I don’t know exactly when we will announce it but look, I think it could be announced at the beginning of the week”.

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He scored 17 La Liga goals in 2015-16 and Wenger likes what he has seen of the brisk winger, who can comparably play through the center. a segment the Frenchman appears, all in all, to be set to use him in.

“Cech played incredible for them, saved a goal two or three times but I am very happy with how our team played”.

They visibly exhausted after the interval and Watford pulled a goal back as club-record signing Roberto Pereyra scored a debut goal, but the hosts could not find a way to set up a grandstand finish.

Leicester got back to winning ways after Jamie Vardy’s trademark strike and Wes Morgan’s second-half goal downed Swansea 2-1 at a rainswept King Power Stadium.

Had Watford grabbed a second goal at that point it is easy to imagine Arsenal crumbling, which should be a concern for Wernger amid the joy of a valuable three points.

While the two players in question aren’t exactly the first two names that many Arsenal supporters would have had in mind, Wenger has now addressed two glaring weaknesses in his squad and has splashed out on two individuals that he believes will improve his squad.

Cazorla stepped up to take it, and the Spaniard calmly sent his penalty down the middle to end a 41-match goal drought and give his side the lead.

New arrival Janmaat could be handed his debut for Watford this weekend, while Younes Kaboul could also be included in the defensive line. He’s a great player, we have a lot of players in this position, great players like Coquelin, Elneny, Jack Wilshere.

“When you buy a player of 24 you can always get your money back”.

Watford now sit 14th in the Premier League table, just one below their opponents, Arsenal. “Everybody else will do the same, so we will try to do our best”.

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The new signing will be on global duty with Germany this week, but will join up with his new teammates next week ahead of what will probably be his Premier League debut against Southampton on September 10th.

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