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Arsenal's performance in home matches have resulted in them having the second-highest average League attendance for an English club during the 2007–08 season, (60,069, which was 99.5% of available capacity), [7] and as of 2006, the fourth-highest all-time average attendance. [8]
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, North London, England. They compete in the Premier League , the top tier of English football .
Arsenal announced their first signing of the summer transfer window on 10 June, with 19-year-old Brazilian forward Marquinhos joining the club on a long-term contract from Série A side São Paulo. [59] [60] Eleven days later, the club announced the signing of 22-year-old Portuguese midfielder Fábio Vieira from Primeira Liga side Porto. He was ...
The Premier League now has so much money running through it that the wealthiest clubs cannot reach the kind of fees in January that are sufficient to strong-arm those underneath.
A £10.5 million transfer fee was negotiated with bonuses, depending on the success of Arsenal, which eventually rose to £17 million. [ 13 ] He made his debut on 1 February 2004 in a 2–1 win over Manchester City , [ 14 ] and two days later he scored an own goal against Middlesbrough in the Football League Cup . [ 15 ]
On 24 June, Greek centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos's loan spell at Bundesliga club Stuttgart was extended for another season. [8]David Luiz playing for Brazil in 2013. On 1 July, Arsenal released several players, of which the only first-team player was Brazilian centre-back David Luiz, who was at the end of his contract; Luiz later joined Brazilian top-flight side Flamengo in September.
Throughout the summer transfer window, Arsenal completed the signings of forwards Gabriel Martinelli and club-record signing Nicolas Pepe; midfielder Dani Ceballos on a one-year loan; and defenders Kieran Tierney, David Luiz, and William Saliba, the latter of which was sent back to former club AS Saint-Etienne on a one-year loan.
The transfer fee surpassed the £42.4 million Arsenal paid for Mesut Özil in 2013. [2] Also during the Summer, the club let go of long-term goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny , [ 7 ] defender Kieran Gibbs , [ 8 ] and England international Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain , who in the final year of his contract joined Liverpool for a club record sale of £35 ...