Mikel Arteta announces brilliant new signing ‘to have big impact’ at Arsenal

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Mikel Arteta has opened up and admitted that new Arsenal signing Leandro Trossard can make a big impact on the side.

Over the past few seasons – Trossard has really developed into a top-class Premier League attacker that is ready to play for one of the big clubs.

He is joining an Arsenal side that lacks depth in key areas of the pitch but are playing some wonderful football – so he will need to make an instant impact on the side – otherwise he may struggle.

And after the signing of the attacker – Arteta said: “We are really happy to have him. He’s a player we have followed for a while now. The opportunity came – we had the necessity to have a player in the frontline who is versatile enough to play in different positions.

“He knows the league, he has enough experience here and I think he can have an immediate impact in the team. We have to think short-term, but medium and long-term as well. He gives us all of that. He’s a very intelligent player. When you look at his career and what he’s done in the last few years, he’s a player that fits our way of playing.”

“In the summer we were looking for a player in that position and we weren’t able to do it, so it’s something that the squad needed,” Mikel added.

“With the injuries to Gabi and Reiss we’re really short in the frontline. We needed some reinforcements and in Leo, we’ve found a player who fits everything that we want.

“I think specificity is really necessary to our way of playing. It’s true that we need a few players who can fulfil certain positions and Leo is one of them.

“The skill and composure he has in the final third and the technical ability to associate and link with people, it’s impressive. That’s what we need from our forward players.”

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