GoonersWorld can confirm that Arsenal have signed Mikael Silvestre from Manchester United for an undissclosed fee.
Silvestre, 31, was supposed to be undergoing a medical at local rivals City when he got a call telling him Arsenal were interested.
Silvestre immediately abandoned the medical to meet boss Arsene Wenger and discuss terms.
Arsene Wenger has been looking for experienced cover for Gael Clichy and he knows Silvestre fits the bill.
Arsene has followed his career with France and at United.
Silvestre joined United from Inter for £4m, he made 249 Premier League appearances in nearly nine years with United.
Arsene Wenger said:
“We have a strong squad but a young squad and Mikael’s versatility, experience and calibre will provide the extra depth we need to reinforce our challenge for honours this season. His defensive adaptability will serve us well and it’s a big plus that Mikael has top level experience and a great understanding of football in the Premier League.”
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Fair enough we need cover and, on his day, Silvestre is a quality player but how come he gets a 2 year contract at the age of 31 and we could only offer 1 year to Pires and more???!!!! Makes me angry to see scholes and Giggs still getting games in their twilight when Pires could still have been playing for us and still offering quality when needed.
Awwwwww…….Wenger bought him because rosicky was gonna be lonely on da injury bench with eduardo’s superquick (kinda like his finishing) recovery. He needed someone to hold his hand over the coming season.Seriously tho,he is an arsenal player now and for the sake of the club I’ll cheer him on.Welcome to the club silvestre and hope you give your all on the pitch to enter gooner hearts off the pitch everywhere
Well said Emmanuel. We need to support him now he is one of our own.
why on earth should Wenger buy silvester,is he the experience player we need? from a rival club,the one that does not play in Manu at all not even in the second eleven team of ManU
if he wants to buy a cover for clichy why not a young player as always has been his dream to buy young players?
a player of that age should not be in his squad at all, he should only promise us that he is going to buy an experience midfielder for us if not i totally disagree with Wenger.
mikael silvestre is a fantastic player and a great pro … well done wenger you have brought someone to kick gallas or toure out of the team.