Arsenal lose 3-2 to Borussia Dortmund in Emirates Cup.
Mikel Arteta said the signing of Bruno Guimaraes will help Arsenal go to the "next level" and hints that the Gunners are not done with their summer transfer activity.
Guimaraes' arrival for £75m from Newcastle United was officially announced on Saturday and the 28-year-old midfielder was introduced to the fans inside Emirates Stadium before Sunday's match against Borussia Dortmund. Brazil midfielder Guimarães was introduced to Gunners fans ahead of Sunday's 3-2 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the Emirates Cup after completing his £75 million ($ move from Newcastle. The 28-year-old, who has signed a four-year deal, bolsters a star-studded midfield which already boasts the likes of Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino, Martín Zubimendi and Eberechi Eze.
"You can see the immediate reaction," Arteta told the club website after Guimarães was given a warm reception by supporters. "I think he describes himself as a warrior. I think he's a warrior with a tremendous quality as well and intuition and leadership and charisma that is going to help us, that is going to really ignite something different in the team. "I think he's going to push everybody inside the team as well and that's the type of player that we need."
"I'm delighted to have him. We see very clearly - especially the energy that he brought immediately to the training ground - the hunger, the desire to come here and create a big history at the club. That's the ambition that we need. "We want to go to the next level and are very, very much convinced that we're going to need players with such a personality, desire and character to push everybody inside the organisation to go even higher."
And Arteta went into detail about what he hopes Guimaraes can bring to the Arsenal side this season as they look to defend their Premier League title. "On the pitch, versatility to play in two different positions in relation to what we want or the opponent does," he said. "A player which obviously has tremendous timing and intuition to win the ball back and progress play very, very fast. "He's a player that is very comfortable putting people through, moving between the lines, moving in behind. "And then he's a goal threat. He's got a smell and a really good timing to get in the box. And he has the capacity to finish the actions."
Guimarães watched on against Dortmund as an Ethan Nwaneri strike and a Viktor Gyökeres penalty were not enough to prevent defeat.