Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said the club's £75m signing of Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United will bring a new dimension to the squad, and suggested further transfer activity could follow before the window closes. Guimaraes, 28, was unveiled to supporters at Emirates Stadium on Sunday ahead of the match against Borussia Dortmund, but did not feature as Arsenal lost 3-2.
The midfielder is expected to be involved when Arsenal face Como on Wednesday, having missed out on his debut appearance while the move was finalised.
What did Arteta say about Guimaraes?
Arteta explained the qualities that made him pursue the Brazilian so keenly, praising his character as much as his footballing ability.
I think he describes himself as a warrior. I think he's a warrior with a tremendous quality as well and intuition and leadership and charisma that is going to help us, that is going to really ignite something different in the team.
I'm delighted to have him. We see very clearly - especially the energy that he brought immediately to the training ground - the hunger, the desire to come here and create a big history at the club. That's the ambition that we need.
We want to go to the next level and are very, very much convinced that we're going to need players with such a personality, desire and character to push everybody inside the organisation to go even higher.
How did the transfer come together?
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