Official : Arsenal Sign Gervinho

Arsenal Football Club announces that Ivory Coast international forward Gervinho will shortly join the Gunners, subject to a regulatory process.

Gervinho, 24, will arrive at Arsenal from French side Lille, who he helped to a Ligue 1 and Coupe de France double last season with 15 goals in 40 games.

The campaign capped a very successful two years for Gervinho, during which time he netted 28 times in his 67 appearances for Les Gogues. Before joining Lille, Gervinho enjoyed two seasons with Le Mans, also in Ligue 1.

On the international stage, Gervinho captained the Ivory Coast in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and also represented his country at the 2010 World Cup, scoring twice in just three substitute appearances during qualification to the finals. To date, Gervinho has made 27 appearances in total for Les Eléphants, scoring six goals.

The forward came through the same Ivorian youth academy - ASEC Mimosas - as Emmanuel Eboue, before following in the right-back’s footsteps to join Belgian side KSK Beveren.

Arsenal.com will bring you the first exclusive interview with Gervinho once the deal is completed.

Our first big signing, then?

Now confirmed by goal.com as well........

SOURCE:http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/07/11/2569722/official-arsenal-complete-gervinho-signing-from-lille

I am so happy for to have player who is not a money hungry and is coming to a club which he loves to play for.

We need more players like him who will take us closer to winning.

YAAAAAAAA! Now time for a defender! Very relieving though!

Gervinho ‘When I play for Arsenal it will be the best day of my life’

Sagna will braid his hair

confirmed by goal.com too? i can sleep easy now, arsenal.com isn't nearly as reliable a source.

Kiwigunner wrote:confirmed by goal.com too? i can sleep easy now, arsenal.com isn't nearly as reliable a source.

For extra peace of mind, his Wikipedia's been updated too

last week it said he signed for Anzhi lol

Gervinho will be a great signing for us imo.

I have seen him play over the last year for Lille and Ivory Coast and I have been very impressed. Only 24 years old too which means he has time to develop even further.

Very happy.. Its great to sign players who really like to play for us and give everything...
Also very happy to have a versatile player who can fill anywhere in the front...

'I have heard great things about Gervinho'

Robin van Persie believes Gervinho will be an excellent addition to the Arsenal squad.

The Ivory Coast star has agreed a move to Emirates Stadium and will join the Club soon, subject to a regulatory process. Gervinho inspired Lille to the Ligue 1 title in France last season and will give Arsène Wenger another attacking option when the Premier League campaign gets underway next month.

Van Persie has already seen Gervinho in action and welcomes the competition that his potential new team-mate will bring.

"I know him from the highlights of the French league," said the Dutchman. "I’ve seen him play a couple of times for the Ivory Coast and I’ve been speaking to [Emmanuel] Eboue and he was very positive about him.

"The things I’ve seen look great but we will have to wait and see how he adapts. Every new player that comes in needs time so he will need a couple of months to feel at home and hopefully he can play his best football.

"I think it is a good thing that you have competition. Everyone needs competition because no one really wants to go to sleep. I think in the ideal world, no one is really sure of his place. Maybe the captain and the goalkeeper but all the others shouldn’t be known before that they will play. It’s good to have competition and be on your toes.

"The way I feel now is that new signings are more than welcome, why not? Every other team is buying quality players so hopefully we will do the same. I think so [you need to invest to keep up]. If you look at Manchester City buying loads of good players and Liverpool is doing it now and Manchester United has been doing it for years. If everyone is doing something you need to do it as well."

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Raptorgunner wrote: If everyone is doing something you need to do it as well."

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throw themselves off a bridge ?

Gervinho has confirmed his shirt number is 9 for the following season. #afc

Samuelj29060 wrote:Gervinho has confirmed his shirt number is 9 for the following season. #afc

wow, I didn't see that one coming lol

The best part about signing Gervinho is that we Arsenal fans can use this pic whenever we want:


















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ali8775 wrote:

Samuelj29060 wrote:Gervinho has confirmed his shirt number is 9 for the following season. #afc

wow, I didn't see that one coming lol

Wenger has big plans for Gervinho, cant wait for him to put some goals past EPL teams.

Huuh ! i thought he has signed again ! loool .....@Raptor if ur trying to fear me .with ur new add @ur sig...ur wrong....i'll find the way to catch that argentinian chick any...i don't even care ...aaaaaa ha ha ha haaaaa

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha goalol

Raptor, your sig is amazing, but i always leave sigs on at uni, and sit near the front of lectures. 100 people directly behind me see that on my computer every morning...

Kiwigunner wrote:Raptor, your sig is amazing, but i always leave sigs on at uni, and sit near the front of lectures. 100 people directly behind me see that on my computer every morning...

:lol!:

That's more like it, Arsene!

Kiwigunner wrote:Raptor, your sig is amazing, but i always leave sigs on at uni, and sit near the front of lectures. 100 people directly behind me see that on my computer every morning...

LOL, I dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thing. But if its bothering you guys I will take it off and something else .

goalol if you find her let me know lol, I need some more pictures.

I found her , just need to catch..loool ...did u killed that one u'd added or where the hell is she....she was so damned freakish ! ha ha haaaaaaaa