Arsenal have signed Denis Suarez from FC Barcelona on a loan spell – the Gunners have confirmed.
The loan deal does have an option to make the transfer permanent at the end of the season but that will only depend on how Denis Suarez performs these couple of months.
Denis Suarez spent a part of his youth career with Manchester City before joining the Barcelona B side in 2013.
The midfielder has also played under Unai Emery when the current Arsenal boss was managing Barcelona and Suarez was on loan at the club.
And now that the 25-year-old has joined the Gunners, he has revealed a key detail from his young days.
“One thing no one knows about me is that when I was little and I used to watch the Premier League on the TV, Arsenal were a team that really inspired me,” said Denis.
“I used to watch Bergkamp and Henry – they’re both legends of the club and hopefully we can follow in their footsteps.”
The Gunners manager wanted to sign Denis Suarez for a long time but the deal took too long because Barcelona wanted to sell him off permanently.
Valverde does not have any use of the player and the club wanted to cash in on him this month itself but Arsenal could only afford a loan spell.
Unai Emery had made it clear earlier in January that any player who joins the club would be on a loan spell.
Arsenal will take on Manchester City this weekend and Denis Suarez is more or less a guaranteed starter.
And if Unai Emery’s words are anything to go by then the player is expected to make his debut out on the left wing.
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