The transfers into the club have enthralled and excited the Arsenal fans, who can look forward to further additions to the squad. However, the transfers have also had the Arsenal players inspired and thrilled to play alongside them. Who else then, would be better to hear from about this summers biggest signing, Santi Cazorla - a £15 million purchase from Malaga - than Arsenal's most expensive signing from last season, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The 19 year-old, who signed from Southampton last summer for £12 million is thrilled with Cazorla, observing genuine quality from the 27 year-old Spaniard in training, describing him as "brilliant." Chamberlain said of Cazorla:
"He’s brilliant. He’s a typical Spanish player, really technical. He’s got a good right foot, a good left foot and he can dribble. He’s small so he’s not the most physical but that highlights how good he is with his feet and with his mind. From what I’ve seen of him so far in training, he’s brilliant - a really good asset to the squad."
The season opener for Arsenal did not produce any goals, but Chamberlain can see in his new team-mate the potential fire-power his presence in the sides attack can produce. The English winger also noticed a certain "buzz" from Cazorla during pre-season:
"We saw against Sunderland what he’s capable of. I thought he had a good game, he did a lot of clever things. I played with him in Cologne in midfield and got on really well with him there. You know when you get a buzz off a player, and you could bounce off him and get good vibes. Santi has that with everyone because he’s that sort of player."
Indeed, another footballer who undoubtedly had those sort of "good vibes" was Cazorla's idol, Zinedine Zidane, whose position as a second striker is one which Cazorla hopes to one day assert himself in, as he had been utilized largely on the wing for both Malaga and Spain. The 27 year-old believes that Zidane was the best player he has ever played against - despite going head to head with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in La Liga last year: "He had it all as a player. He was elegant, he had quality, he was strong and he was tall."
Oxlade-Chamberlain and Arsenal fans are already thrilled at Cazorla's impact at the club, but if he can reach the vertiginous heights of Zinedine Zidane, this summers departure of van Persie and Song will seem like nothing when a super Spaniard is running the team from behind Podolski or Giroud.
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