Arsenal beat Watford 3-1 on Saturday to claim their first win of the Premier League season, and are poised to significantly strengthen their squad before Wednesday’s transfer deadline.
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“The first half we did well, scored three goals and could have scored more”, he said.
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.
Arsenal grab the much-needed three points, but a weak second half will subdue the celebrations somewhat. Arsenal, which had taken just one point from its first two games, cut its opponent apart nearly at will in the first half.
Shkodran Mustafi’s move from LaLiga’s Valencia to Arsenal in the Premier League is imminent. “We have not got any plans for anyone else now”.
Speaking following his side’s 3-1 win over Watford, Wenger admitted he was looking forward to welcoming Mustafi and Perez.
Arsenal had seven shots on target in this game, six of which were in the first half.
The Germany worldwide defender has penned a five-year contract with Arsenal and joins the club from La Liga giants Valencia for a fee of €41m, making him the third most expensive German player of all time.
With new players surely coming in the side, Arsenal must feel that they have enough in their resources to challenge for the title.
Kaboul, the former Tottenham and Sunderland defender, endured a torrid Watford debut, but is confident things will improve.
“We tried already in December a year ago”, Wenger replied when asked when he decided he wanted to sign Xhaka.
The Gunners boss paid tribute to his players, but was also aware that his team were made the fight for the win against an opponent who will do well at home again this season. Everything was positive, so I was convinced very fast. “It’s hard to create one chance, we had a few”.
“He has experience of playing overseas and that is always helpful”.
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Arsenal take on Southampton on September 10 before travelling to Paris Saint-Germain for their opening Champions League game of the season three days later with Mustafi likely to be thrown straight into Wenger’s starting line-up for both outings.
