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 proposal 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, by which 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 usually at Emirates Stadium, having made his Premier League debut at Arsenal’s house.
“It’s completely wonderful to signal for such a giant membership, the champions of England. I’m very proud to be a part of this workforce for the subsequent season,” Tzolis instructed Arsenal.com.
“When my agent was saying possibly it was a risk, I used to be already excited. Afterwards it was getting extra severe 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 things, in regards to the membership, about myself, about his plans, about me after all, in regards to the workforce. It was solely constructive issues.
“I’m a direct participant, I am going for objectives or assists. That’s my perspective as an attacker, as a winger. I’m at all times hungry to attain or to offer the ultimate move to my teammates. And I can say I work onerous for the workforce, 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 the most effective league on the planet. In fact it’s completely different in the event you play for Norwich or Arsenal, I feel you may 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 may 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 desirous to open Arsenal account after Brugge frustration
Tzolis performed towards Arsenal within the Champions League final season, however was unable to seek out the online as Brugge had been pissed off in a 3-0 defeat.
Now he’s desirous to open his account for the Gunners, who will face Manchester Metropolis within the Group Defend on August 16 earlier than taking up newly promoted Coventry Metropolis of their Premier League opener 5 days later.
“I like to look at soccer, I do know all the things in regards to the Premier League, I do know all the things about Arsenal,” Tzolis added. “I watched so many video games this 12 months and particularly we performed towards one another. It was 0-3 in our stadium. I can say it was probably the most tough workforce to assault towards that I’ve performed to date.
“We performed towards different massive groups, however towards Arsenal, we had probably the most difficulties to clarify possibilities. We had some possibilities, however not very clear. They had been very environment friendly additionally and scored three wonderful objectives towards us, it was a good outcome in the long run.
“It’s truly 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 an important reminiscence. I used to be in love with the stadium. I used to be at all times saying it was the most effective stadiums I’ve performed in. In the long run we misplaced 1-0, however I actually appreciated my first sport so I’ll at all times do not forget that I performed right here at Emirates. I’m wanting ahead to taking part in once more extra.
“My targets are to win titles, after all. I feel for everyone the goal is there, as many as potential. And to have as a lot as potential sport time with the workforce, then the remainder will come, I’m certain about that. So for me an important is to settle effectively within the workforce, have a superb feeling, play as a lot as potential after which we’ll be excellent, I imagine.
“I’m very proud to be a part of this wonderful workforce. I’m wanting ahead to assembly all people on the pitch, on the stadium, and to attain my first aim on the Emirates.”
