Arsenal have won their first match of the season.
Earlier today, Mikel Arteta's side won 4-0 against Brentford in a behind closed doors friendly at London Colney.
The Gunners manager has talked about the victory, new transfers and returning players in his post-match interview to the
club's official website.
On Takehiro Tomiyasu he said the following.
"We followed him for a while," Arteta told Arsenal Media. "We needed a full back who could be very versatile, can play as a centre back, can play in a back three, Tomi has this capacity.
"He is 22 years old but he has some really good experience in Serie A and at international level and with the qualities we are looking for."
Arteta has spoken about the new transfers made in the summer transfer window.
"[They all have] different experiences, some had experience in the league, and some have been coached in other ways, but they are players we have followed for a long time that we knew could fit in the model we are trying to implement at the club. So we are pleased.
"It was a really complicated market. We had a lot of things to do, I think we had 16 or 17 transactions in total, which is a lot.
"The club has made a big effort, we had support from the owners to try to do it and we had to recruit in the terms that we could, and I'm very pleased.”
The Spaniard has also talked about the long-awaited win and returning players.
"The game was valuable, as we had the possibility to play Brentford again and we had quite a lot of players who needed some minutes, some of them coming back from injuries, some of them after Covid, so it was a good test and a good work-out".
"Ben White and Gabriel were good. We don't have any big injuries as well and hopefully we don't lose anyone on the internationals."
Source -
arsenal
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