Arsenal finally completed the signing of striker Maroune Chamakh .
Chamakh (26), who joins Arsenal from French side Bordeaux, made a total of 293 appearances, scoring 79 goals during his eight years with Les Girondins.
In the 2008/09 league campaign, Chamakh scored 14 goals, helping Bordeaux win the French League title, thus ending Lyon’s seven-year domination of Ligue 1. The Moroccan striker’s fine form continued last season, playing an integral role in helping Bordeaux reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, where they finished above both Bayern Munich and Juventus in the Group Stages.
Chamakh told Arsenal.com: "This is a dream come true and a great joy to be joining Arsenal. My goal was always to play in the Premier League and Arsenal was the choice of my heart.
"Without any hesitation, Arsenal was my preferred club. The team and history of Arsenal, they make me dream. My goal was to join Arsenal out of the all the English clubs because it is a club that makes me dream and I have been a fan since I was a child."
Chamakh cant wait to make a debut for Arsenal. Arsenal were linked to signing maroune chamakh way back in january transfer window, when arsenal had a real striker crisis. But they have signed him now finally on a free transfer.
Chamakh is 6 feet 2 inches tall, will be an ideal alibi to Niklas bendtner in the air, as well as he will complement well with Robin Van Persie with his attacking prowess.
Much remains to be seen how he will gel into the team. He is known for his towering headers and skills inside the box.
He added "I'm very excited about playing at Emirates Stadium in front of the Arsenal supporters. I have heard many great things about the stadium and I cannot wait to be playing there in an Arsenal shirt.
"I will give my best to this Club, the Club that I used to support. We have many great players at Arsenal and I will be giving everything to help the team win trophies next season."
Looks like the boy is all committed to the club and hope to get the best of him here.
But the problem we really need to strengthen the defense. Our Goalkeeping is awful. We still are looking for good goal keeping options. Players like Robert Green, Gianluigi Buffon, Mark Schwarzer, etc. Possibly Almunia might be shown the door, I feel wenger still trusts fabianski. Vito mannone looks a good goalie for the future, and we must keep him.
One more area, we need to strengthen is our centre backs. With unsure future of William Gallas, we need another strong centre back.
Wenger needs to really get some good defensive players this time. And the fabregas story fails to die down. I personally feel if hes not happy, we must just let him go, and rather collect a heavy sum from barca for his transfer and put it to good use, by getting better established players.
Yea established, no more youngsters, we need to have a backbone to our team, which is not there right now. Wenger needs to do some serious thinking into this. Meanwhile we can just enjoy the arrival of our new star Maroune Chamakh. Welcome to london lad..
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