Arsenal have well and truly been busy in the transfer window having signed three players so far.
The third of them happens to be Sokratis from Borussia Dortmund. He is now reunited with his friends from his time at Dortmund.
Those friends being Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the latter had a special welcome message for him.
This is what he had to say:
Welcome, #spartakus ! 😉😄💪🏼 #sokratis #papa #gunner @Arsenal pic.twitter.com/dVIUzmcYTq
— Henrikh Mkhitaryan (@HenrikhMkh) July 4, 2018
The bond between the three of them is clear to see and it is nice to have this kind of camaraderie in the Arsenal squad as Aubameyang too had a message for Sokratis.
The opportunity to play with these two players again must have given the Greek defender an incentive to choose Arsenal.
He is expected to slot into the first team and shore up the defense and perhaps his experience and leadership qualities will improve the others as well.
There are a few young defenders at Arsenal who will surely benefit from the presence of Sokratis. The player himself spoke about the conversations that he had with his Dortmund friends and how it was a factor in his decision.
Sokratis made it clear that Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang helped him in choosing to come to London:
“I spoke [to them] a lot times, he said. They said to me the best things about this club, that it is one big family and of course they also called me not every day but a lot of times telling me to come here.
“Yes it’s a little bit [strange] but it’s also very beautiful that I’ve come to one team but I also have two players who I was together with for a lot of years. I know them both very well and I’m very happy.”
With the new season on the horizon, the squad needs to starts clicking as soon as possible. In times like this, it helps that there exists a bond like this between the three players. Fans will be hoping that Sokratis can go on to become a rock in defense and help Arsenal succeed on all fronts.
