Arsenal have accomplished the signing of winger Christos Tzolis from Membership Brugge.
The Greece worldwide has joined on a long-term deal, with Arsenal not specifying the precise size of his contract, after the Belgian membership accepted a suggestion within the area of £34million for his providers.
He turns into Arsenal’s third signing of the summer season after Piero Hincapie’s transfer was made everlasting and the Gunners signed backup goalkeeper Illan Meslier.
Tzolis, who has beforehand performed within the Premier League with Norwich Metropolis and has had spells with hometown membership PAOK, Twente and Fortuna Dusseldorf, loved a shocking 2025-26 season with Brugge.
Certainly, Tzolis scored 17 objectives and supplied 23 assists and Brugge regained the Belgian Professional League title. He additionally scored twice and registered one help in serving to Brugge attain the playoff spherical of the Champions League, wherein they misplaced to Atletico Madrid.
Tzolis will fill the void on the left wing following Leandro Trossard’s transfer to Besiktas, and is relishing the prospect to play frequently at Emirates Stadium, having made his Premier League debut at Arsenal’s house.
“It’s completely wonderful to signal for such an enormous membership, the champions of England. I’m very proud to be a part of this group for the subsequent season,” Tzolis instructed Arsenal.com.
“When my agent was saying perhaps it was a risk, I used to be already excited. Afterwards it was getting extra critical and now I’m right here.
“I had a pleasant dialog [with manager Mikel Arteta]. It was round an hour. We talked about all the pieces, concerning the membership, about myself, about his plans, about me in fact, concerning the group. It was solely constructive issues.
“I’m a direct participant, I’m going for objectives or assists. That’s my standpoint as an attacker, as a winger. I’m all the time hungry to attain or to offer the ultimate cross to my teammates. And I can say I work laborious for the group, additionally within the defensive half.”
“I can say kind of that I do know the extent of the Premier League. I do know it’s one of the best league on the planet. In fact it’s totally different for those who play for Norwich or Arsenal, I believe you will have the ball extra as a participant of Arsenal. So we assault extra the opposite groups.
“It’s very bodily, the league and the standard could be very excessive, so I’m ready for that. Additionally within the Champions League it’s fairly excessive, so I imagine each sport is sort of a Champions League sport right here in Premier League.”
Tzolis wanting to open Arsenal account after Brugge frustration
Tzolis performed towards Arsenal within the Champions League final season, however was unable to search out the web as Brugge have been pissed off in a 3-0 defeat.
Now he’s wanting to open his account for the Gunners, who will face Manchester Metropolis within the Group Protect on August 16 earlier than taking up newly promoted Coventry Metropolis of their Premier League opener 5 days later.
“I like to observe soccer, I do know all the pieces concerning the Premier League, I do know all the pieces about Arsenal,” Tzolis added. “I watched so many video games this yr and particularly we performed towards one another. It was 0-3 in our stadium. I can say it was probably the most troublesome group to assault towards that I’ve performed thus far.
“We performed towards different large groups, however towards Arsenal, we had probably the most difficulties to clarify probabilities. We had some probabilities, however not very clear. They have been very environment friendly additionally and scored three wonderful objectives towards us, it was a good consequence in the long run.
“It’s really unimaginable that I made my Premier League debut on the Emirates. I used to be saying this the opposite day to my household, it was a fantastic reminiscence. I used to be in love with the stadium. I used to be all the time saying it was probably the greatest stadiums I’ve performed in. In the long run we misplaced 1-0, however I actually favored my first sport so I’ll all the time keep in mind that I performed right here at Emirates. I’m wanting ahead to taking part in once more extra.
“My targets are to win titles, in fact. I believe for everyone the goal is there, as many as doable. And to have as a lot as doable sport time with the group, then the remaining will come, I’m positive about that. So for me crucial is to settle effectively within the group, have a superb feeling, play as a lot as doable after which we’ll be superb, I imagine.
“I’m very proud to be a part of this wonderful group. I’m wanting ahead to assembly all people on the pitch, on the stadium, and to attain my first aim on the Emirates.”
