{"id":764812,"date":"2026-09-09T07:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/764812\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:50:10","slug":"arsenal-chiefs-bowled-over-by-summer-signing-as-new-34m-man-astonishes-in-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/764812\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal chiefs bowled over by summer signing as new \u00a334m man astonishes in training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> chiefs were waxing lyrical about new signing Christos Tzolis to Club Brugge representatives at the Champions League draw.<\/p>\n

The Gunners signed the Greece international from Club Brugge in the summer transfer window in a deal worth around \u00a334m.<\/p>\n

Tzolis was brought in to replace Arsenal<\/a> fan favourite Leandro Trossard with the Belgium winger joining Turkish side Besiktas around the same time.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Martinelli eventually also left Arsenal for Al-Hilal, making the signing of Tzolis even more crucial to helping Arsenal become successful in all competitions this season.<\/p>\n

Defending champions Arsenal have won all three of their first three Premier League matches with Tzolis in the starting XI and the Gunners are very happy with the Greek\u2019s contribution.<\/p>\n

Club Brugge president Bart Verhaeghe has revealed that Arsenal chiefs were full of praise for the Belgian club for developing such a bright talent in Tzolis, when they bumped into each other at the Champions League draw last month.<\/p>\n

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Verhaeghe told Het Belang van Limburg: \u201cAt the Champions League draw, I saw people from Arsenal and they showed a tremendous amount of respect.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018What a player you\u2019ve delivered\u2019, they told me. They said he has an excellent attitude, is the best in the physical tests and is a great guy, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another interview, this time with Het Laatste Nieuws, Verhaeghe added: \u201cArsenal said \u2018what a player\u2019 when they approached me after the draw.<\/p>\n

\u201cChristos had come out on top in all the tests. That\u2019s what we do here: deliver a ready-made product. Because we know what those top teams are looking for. We prepare our players for that kind of football.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack then, people laughed at our holistic approach to nutrition, sleep, special glasses\u2026 Today, it\u2019s all standard practice. We were the innovators from day one, and we\u2019ll keep innovating.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we\u2019re selling players to Arsenal and Inter Milan, two teams that have reached the Champions League final in the last two years.<\/p>\n

READ: Arsenal chances of signing Kroupi in January revealed as Gunners to sell Gyokeres on one condition<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd at the same time, we\u2019re recruiting directly from the Premier League, from a club like West Ham. 10 years ago, that was unthinkable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Could Tzolis be the signing of the season in the Premier League?<\/p>\n

Arsenal defender Ben White was also full of praise for Tzolis in August with the England international claiming the 24-year-old was beating everyone in training.<\/p>\n

White said: \u201cChristos has been amazing. He came in, did all the testing, and beat everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo he is fitting in really well and everyone is really happy for him to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand thinks the signing of Tzolis from Club Brugge could turn out to be one of the signings of the season in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Ferdinand said on his YouTube channel<\/a>: \u201cWho is the best signing of the transfer window? From what I\u2019ve seen so far, I\u2019m going to go for Tzolis.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the price you got him for, \u00a335m, from what I\u2019ve seen, jinky little winger, great vision, making good decisions in the final third.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, great bit of business done by the recruitment team at Arsenal. I\u2019m going to go early, I\u2019m going to say he\u2019s going to be my signing of the season, as in terms of value, and in terms of what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

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