{"id":1323,"date":"2018-07-05T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2018-07-05T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T16:18:22","slug":"arsenal-complete%e2%9c%85-e19m-sokratis-signing%e2%9c%8d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=1323","title":{"rendered":"*Arsenal Complete\u2705 \u20ac19m Sokratis Signing\u270d*"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">*Arsenal Complete\u2705 \u20ac19m Sokratis Signing\u270d*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Arsenal have announced the signing of defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Borussia Dortmund on a &#8220;long-term contract&#8221; for a fee in the region of \u20ac19 million (\u00a316.7m\/$22.4m).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Greece international Sokratis becomes the second player the Gunners have signed from Dortmund in the last year after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joined for a club record fee in the January transfer window .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The 29-year-old is an experienced centre-back who shares the same agent as compatriot Konstantinos Mavropanos, another player scouted and signed by Arsenal\u2019s new head of recruitment Sven Mislintat at the turn of the year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The signing of Sokratis is Unai Emery\u2019s third acquisition since becoming Arsenal head coach, following hot on the heels of Stephan Lichtsteiner&#8217;s arrival on a free transfer from Juventus and Bernd Leno completing his move from Bayer Leverkusen , though it is understood that preliminary talks had already taken place between Mislintat and the Greek defender\u2019s agent before Emery took the hot seat at Emirates Stadium.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Arsenal Complete\u2705 \u20ac19m Sokratis Signing\u270d* Arsenal have announced the signing of defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Borussia Dortmund on a &#8220;long-term contract&#8221; for a fee in the region of \u20ac19 million (\u00a316.7m\/$22.4m). 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