Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has revealed four reasons behind the Premier League giants\u2019 move to sign Piero Hincapie on deadline day.<\/p>\n
The Gunners<\/strong><\/a> have been very active in this summer\u2019s transfer window as they have made eight signings since finishing second in the Premier League for a third consecutive season.<\/p>\n Arsenal have looked to bridge the gap to champions Liverpool, though Arne Slot\u2019s side are this season\u2019s biggest spenders in Europe before landing Alexander Isak for a record fee.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Still, Arsenal have had a positive transfer window, landing Kepa Arrizabalaga, Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard,\u00a0Cristhian Mosquera, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyokeres and Eberechi Eze.<\/p>\n Eze was expected to be Arsenal\u2019s last marquee signing of this summer window, but they decided to make a surprise move for Hincapie after he decided to leave Bayer Leverkusen amid their ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n Spurs initially moved to the front of the queue to sign Hincapie, though Arsenal successfully hijacked the deal and completed a loan deal with a buy obligation on deadline day.<\/p>\n Speaking on Hincapie\u2019s move to Arsenal, Arteta<\/strong> <\/a>revealed four reasons behind the club\u2019s decision to target the centre-back, who is also capable of playing at left-back.<\/p>\n MUST-READ DEADLINE DAY COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Arteta revealed his \u201cflexibility, physicality, character\u201d made him a tempting option, while his \u201cvery good combination of youth and maturity\u201d was another positive.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are so pleased to welcome Piero Hincapie to the club,\u201d Arteta said.<\/p>\n \u201cPiero has a real physical presence, with his versatility and tactical flexibility giving us strong added defensive options.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is a big character, with a very good combination of both youth and maturity.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will make our squad stronger and more competitive as we continue into this season.\u201d<\/p>\n Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta added:\u00a0\u201cWe are delighted to have completed the loan signing for the season of Piero Hincapie.<\/p>\n \u201cAt only 23, Piero already has significant experience, both in the Bundesliga and at international level.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is an intelligent defender with real strength and versatility.<\/p>\n \u201cHis performances in recent years for both club and country have been of a consistent high quality, and we are confident Piero will continue to grow this season and be an important player for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Arsenal also worked on exits before the transfer window closes, with Hincapie\u2019s move allowing the club to sanction Jakub Kiwior\u2019s loan move to Porto.<\/p>\n This is while Albert Sambi Lokonga and Fabio Vieira have joined Bundesliga outfit Hamburger SV on deadline day.<\/p>\n David Ornstein, meanwhile, revealed a surprise deal around 9pm, confirming Oleksandr Zinchenko has joined Nottingham Forest onn a \u2018straight loan deal\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has revealed four reasons behind the Premier League giants\u2019 move to sign Piero…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[2725,18,794,19,17,5003,5,18887,795,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-37643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-mikel-arteta","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-piero-hincapie","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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