Perez is set to twist up a Arsenal player before the late spring exchange window closes, with a £17.1m cost having unmistakably been concurred between the Premier League club and Deportivo La Coruna.
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More attempted passes, more tackles and the most ground covered were just some of the stats the 23-year-old topped on the day which prompted Wenger to recall similar performances from ex-Gunners ace Emmanuel Petit. But the signing of Mustafi and Pardes is something that can cheer the fans and with Ozil, Sanchez possibly featuring the first XI, it would be nice for Arsenal to kickstart their season and to catch up with the leader board.
Xhaka, 24, moved to the Emirates Stadium earlier in the summer for a fee believed to be in the region of £30million. I like how they play here.
“He moved halfway effectively. He has a big focus and I think he is mentally strong”. Watford (0-1-2), meanwhile, has just one point out of an available nine and their fixtures aren’t about to fall any kinder, but they’ll surely hope to take something from that second-half rally. At the moment we are not completely there physically and could see that in the second half.
Watford finished strongly and Arsenal had the outstanding Cech to thank with a fine double save to deny first Etienne Capoue and then Odion Ighalo.
“We had to work very hard to get signings done”, Wenger said.
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.
But they did not look like a team in need of extra artillery after a polished first-half display against Watford. “I don’t know exactly when we’ll announce it, but I think we’ll announce it in the middle of the week”. We lost two main players today so the rest of the team was not quite ready for that situation.
Arsenal will respond when they host Southampton on September 10 when Wenger will ask for more of the same as here.
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“Mesut is almost there, not completely but he just goes again so for us the break is not welcome”, he added.
