Arsenal have announced the signing of Brazilian defender Gabriel Magalhaes, who has been compared to Kalidou Koulibaly.
Mikel Arteta’s appearance has already signed several defenders in this movement window that was added after completing the movement of Lille star Gabriel at an agreement value of around $27 million ($36 million).
The 22-year-old Brazilian has completed his transfer to Emirates Stadium and will wear a no.6 blouse next season. The Gunners are pleased to welcome Gabriel to their campus, with Arteta and technical director Edu “waiting” to have him in the field.
On the club’s official website, Edu says Arsenal have been following Gabriel’s progress for some time and that they are “very happy to have signed him” this summer.
“He’s a player we’ve been reading for some time and asked through many clubs, so we’re proud to have accepted and finished this play with Lille and the player.Gabriel is a high-quality player and Mikel and his coaches are hunting Forward to integrate him into the club,” Edu said of Gabriel.
Meanwhile, Arteta talked about her plans to expand Gabriel’s game as an Arsenal player, having witnessed his “many attributes” in Lille.
“It has many qualities that will make us more powerful as a defensive unit and as a team.He has shown with Lille that he is a defender with many notable attributes and we look forward to see him grow as an Arsenal player,” the coach said.
Gabriel dos Santos Magalhaes de Lille la Ligue 1 fits between Lille OSC (LOSC) and Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon, OL) Photo: Getty Images Jean Catuffe
Following his move to Arsenal, a full Talksport exploration report on what Gabriel can bring to the Gunners in the upcoming Premier League season concluded that “there are apparent similarities in the taste for play and power between Gabriel and Senegalese central defender Koulibally.”
Arsenal controlled to recruit three defenders in more than a week, gabriel being third.
On 24 August, the Gunners welcomed defenders Pablo Mari de Flamengo and Cedric Soares of Inter Milan in the first team.
The pair joined Arsenal in January first on loan.But after “impressing on and off the field” for more than 8 months, the Gunners and all stakeholders have agreed to turn Mari and Soares into permanent players on the team.