Arsenal have made their third signing of the summer transfer window. They have signed 30 year old french defender Sebastien Squillaci from Sevilla in a deal thought to be worth around £4 million. He has signed a four year contract at the Emirates.Arsenal knew they needed to sign another defender to boost their options after losing Gallas to Spurs, Campbell to Newcastle and Silvestre who is yet to find another club.
Squillaci was apart of the disastrous french team at the 2010 World Cup and has earned 21 caps at that level. Before joining Sevilla he had a spell at french side Lyon and was apart of the team which won back to back league titles in 2007 and 2008. He spent 3 years at Lyon playing in 62 games and scoring 3 goals. He then spent 2 years at spanish side Sevilla before joining the Gunners. He made 49 appearences at the club scoring only 1 goal.
Also the draw for the Champions League group stage was made on Thursday. The Gunners have been drawn in Group H along with Ukranian Champions Shakhtar Donetsk, Portuguese side Sporting Braga and Serbian Champions Partizan Belgrade. Arsenal will see Eduardo returning quickly to the Emirates after moving to Shakhtar this summer as the Ukranian Champions will play the Gunners in Group H. The remaining groups were drawn out like this:
Group A: Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, Tottenham, FC Twente.
Group B: Lyon, Benfica, FC Shalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
Group C: Manchester United, Velencia, Rangers, Bursaspor.
Group D: Barcelona,Panathinaikos, FC København, Rubin Kazan.
Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, FC Basel, CFR Cluj.
Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, MSK Zilina.
Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre.
Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga, Partizan.
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