Calafiori ONLY wanted Arsenal! Arteta THRILLED by new signing

Mikel Arteta thrilled by the signing of Riccardo Calafiori as Arsenal secure the signature of the highly-rated defender from Bologna.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro

0:15 Very happy to have signed Calafiori. We have been monitoring him for over a year. We identified him as a huge talent who will make us better.

0:55 He is very versatile. He fits in really well with what we want.

1:10 Good business all round. Great to get Riccardo done. It increases the competition in the backline.

1:46 Another great test against Liverpool to come. New manager, a manager I really like. It’s going to be very tough.

2:13 I don’t know Slot personally but I’ve watched his past teams. I’ve heard very good things from players he’s worked with.

2:41 I cannot talk about Smith Rowe at the moment.

2:58 We love to travel around the different cities and understand the culture. We don’t have a lot of time.

3:37 More signings? We have to see the movements in the market. We have looked at what we need and how we can strengthen the team.

4:11 We needed numbers at the back. We were lucky last season that Gabby and Willy played almost every minute. You cannot bet on that at this level.

4:53 It was great speaking to Calafiori and knowing how much he wanted to come to Arsenal. My bags are ready, let me know when I can sign!

5:34 American fans have been great. The atmospheres have been amazing. I heard that it’s going to be really good here as well.

6:12 Important to integrate new players as quickly as possible. It can take time. He’s in a really good place and has great understanding of what we want. He’s so excited.

6:55 Very confident that all players will be available for the first match of the season.

7:24 Calafiori against Liverpool? We will see. He hasn’t really done anything with the team. We don’t want to rush him.

7:57 We don’t expect to do anything like the Rice deal last summer.

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[HaytersTV]

What Calafiori said to Arteta before signing... "“Let me know when you’re ready, my bags are ready. I just want to come to Arsenal.” 😍

[Jouyan.T]

That smile on Mikel‘s face be like „Try to score against us now🤓“ 🤣

[IbbyB.]

Arteta respecting the Don "good question" 👍🏽

[Christohh]

Arsenal back competing for titles and top players from Europe wanting to play for Arsenal, we are so back😭❤️

[chappy]

Curtis with the nice question at the end. Did better than all the other journalists.

[Danwrldyt]

Shameless Curtis with the 90+4 question

[ebenezerwoode]

I love the fact that quality players want to play for us ❤❤❤

[collinsmungomba]

Great question from Curtis show TV at the end 👏👏👏

[Medarazoe]

Decisive, Openness and organic... Mikel won't force it with his player but will create the best possible platform for them.

[dominicgbihi]

The smile on his face just said it all. Let's go cook something again next season. When a man keeps knocking on the doors of success, that man becomes successful too at the end of the day.

[omotubijesutosin]

Mikel Arteta was just smiling, smiling n smiling 😁😁😁 because he was very excited for getting quality player like Calafiori

[jerryigbinoba]

Big up Curtis Shaw! Brilliant question. And big up Arteta for taking C.S's question even when the official had ended the session.

[henrynwachukwu]

Great signing, let's go again this season.

[jordandavis]

Finally we are a serious club again. I am confident we will win the Premier League and Champions league soon. When you keep making good decisions off the pitch, bringing in the right player, having the right staff and coach and board etc at some point you start to receive the rewards of your labour.

[michealmckoy]

Mikel is a super special person and a people a guy ❤

[todymanyeah]

It feels better when you know your priorities in the transfer market then just signing players for signing sake like what other small clubs in London do.

[TiganaaJ]

I like the way he has been saing "l want only Arsenal" he has a love of the team....he'll fight for it....

[jamesrobertson]

Glad the gain has been adjusted. Could barely hear the questions in the past.

[dlaw]

We have a complete defense now; it's about time you enforce the attack and then we win all... 🏆

[SJA-]

This guy is the reason i started supporting arsenal..
All the best next season My manager