Mikel Arteta is adamant new summer signing Jurrien Timber is going to be a very important player for Arsenal.
Timber, who signed last week from Ajax for a fee rising to £38.5m made his debut in the second half of Arsenal’s Thursday’s 5-0 pre season win over MLS All-Stars.
After the game, Arterta heaped praise on the versatile defender
“He’s a really versatile player. We can use him in different positions within those positions. He gives you the capacity to invert and occupy different spaces.
“He’s so comfortable on the ball in that phase. As well he’s got that aggression in the duels and that dynamism which I really like.
“You saw with his first action, high press won the ball straight away, won the duel and was ready to go. He is going to be a really important player for us.”
Arterta also confirmed that with the signings of Timber, Kai Havertz and Declan Rice, his side now has “many more options” next season.
“The idea is to be more unpredictable every year and more difficult for the opponents to stop and nullify what they do.
“I think now, especially in the back and midfield we have many more options than we had last year.”
Last season, Arsenal missed out on winning their first English Premier League title since 2004 after having finished second on the log, behind Manchester City despite having led the table for the longest time
