Arsenal sign Nacho Monreal from Málaga for £8.5m
Arsenal look set to complete the signing of highly-rated left-back Nacho Monreal from Spanish club Málaga for a fee in the region of £8.5million.
The 26-year-old has started 14 of Malaga’s 21 games in La Liga this season, while also adding to his nine caps for his country.
However, Monreal is unable to play in the upcoming Champions League last-16 ties against Bayern Munich as he is cup tied, meaning out-of-form defender Andre Santos would still be likely to face the Germans, with Kieran Gibbs currently out injured.
Monreal, who has been learning English for the past few months, was persuaded by his former team-mate Santi Cazorla to join the Gunners’ following the Spaniard’s successful switch from Manuel Pellegrini’s side in August.
Leave your views on Monreal’s arrival in the comments section below.
Nacho, Nacho man we’ve just signed ourselves a Nacho man.
Good one@prof
Great piece of business. However a defensive midfielder like Mohamed Diame will be massive. It seems David Villa will only arrive in the summer
That is good i love it.wenger should just sale santos and use coquiny as left back agaist baryam
makin sense finally wenger delivers
Love it!! Nice one Wenger…top player, solid defender! Verminator LB for bayern munich game..kos and bfg CB.
good buy how abour the replacement for SAGNA! he’s sucksss he cant think creatively
Wheres yor proof that he has signed? I’ll believe it when it’s on the Arsenal website. Can only hope
Thanks to Arsene Wenger for bringing new player to the emirates stadium. We fans are expecting more of this in the next few hours be the transfer shot down.
About time the left back problem were addressed.
Dnks wenger! Pls… Villa we will also be greatful!
Nice one i like this
Another Wenger coup. Always striking where nobody expected. Good man. In Arsene we trust.
Nice one prof. . . . .please we need villa and sagna replacement
1 deal is not enough to save our season, its unacceptable business
that great wenger, santos is really a big mess up arsenal has ever had………..
A product of Osasuna’s youth ranks, Monreal will cover the always exposed Arsenal defensive woes.
Very big relief,just hope we can do 1 or 2 more deals b4 time runz out.
good one …i think
LB verminator ,,,,kos,,,,mertsk,.,,sagna RB
Maybe good defence line in arsenal vs byrn
We hope he’s not another sabastien squillachi
He’s nacho man he’s our man nacho yours
Nice move but without holding or defensive midfielder, Arsenal problem is far frm over. If we let our mid to be a highway then our defence will always be vulnerable and weak.
@John: I find it scary that perhaps he was not thinking of getting cover for the injury prone Gibbs. Maybe that injury is a blessing in disguise.
We need defence midfielders abeg mr wenger
we should hire pardow to find decent players for us
Is mochu monreal a top class player he was looking?this man has gone out of his senses.
Nice one mr wenger we ned top class player in d summer pls mak us api
We need a defensive midfielder. We need an out and out striker, a goalkeeper.centre half, a leader. When will wenger get it that we wont get a champions league place,it is not going to happen. I have never got on the back of any of our managers, now im starting to get upset. Dont sell what you cant replace
Arsene wenger i lyk dat sign but we need mohammed diame