http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/nacho-monreal-agrees-to-join-arsenal I know it's a bit late, but I see no other thread about him. After Gibbs got injured, even Wenger knew that he had to spend to get a replacement because as we all know Andre Santos is terrible beyond belief.
He's ****. Wenger has to go. He should have signed Messi and Iniesta. We have £100 million millions to spend and he should have spent it all. Get rid of Wenger and the board and the ground and the rich teas that the tea lady provides. I hope he fails so that I can say that I told you so. ****s. All of you, the club, the board, the manager, the players and the fans.
Key signing from Wenger and much needed during this period of the season. Could be the deciding factor between top 4 and not.
Apparently a decent player, in a position we need so I'm happy with us buying him and I'm happy with Wenger moving quickly to get it done yesterday. If there was one area that needed strengthening it was our defence, so it looks like a good move. Welcome aboard Nacho - Now you're a Gooner, you're part of the family mate
Where does this leave Santos ? Personally, I don't think he's really a LB anyway, more of a LM where he's actually pretty good going forward. Trouble is that our formation and players don't really lend themselves to him getting much game time there, but I would keep him as a solid left sided squad player
I remember listening to the World Football Phone In on 5 Live just after we signed Santos.Tim Vickery (BBC South America football journalist) said that Santos was a decent player but was not a very good left back.
By default it would be Gibbs, but we will see how the Nacho performs while he's absent. Let's hope for Gibbs sake that he isn't injured for too long.
He doesn't look very Spanish does he. It's a shame he looks like them, if he played like them then he would be one of the worlds most complete players....
I thought he looked very Spanish... the narrow eyes, the high cheek bones. Sorry if that sounds incredibly racist lol