Mikel Arteta has confirmed Arsenal are still looking to strengthen further in the transfer market after the arrival of Bruno Guimaraes.
Guimaraes unveiled
The Gunners unveiled Guimaraes in front of their home fans on Sunday, with the Brazilian walking out onto the pitch ahead of the pre-season defeat to Borussia Dortmund.
Guimaraes signed for £75million from Newcastle and is the third new arrival, following Illan Meslier and Christos Tzolis in joining the club this summer. Piero Hincapie's move has also been made permanent but the Gunners remain in the market for more.
More targets
Arsenal are still trying to strengthen further in attack and also want to bring in a versatile defender, particularly with Jurrien Timber and William Saliba unavailable.
Asked if fans could expect further signings this summer, Arteta replied: "Well that's what we're trying to do. If we have the right player in the market to make us much better, we are very looking forward to that."
Defensive concerns
Arsenal conceded three goals against Dortmund, as they did in Dublin against Real Betis. However, Arteta insisted that those two defensive performances have not intensified the club's desire to strengthen at the back.
"I wouldn't go there just to put it isolated there," Arteta said. "We conceded some poor goals the other day, some poor goals today. In the way we competed, especially. But that's a very collective responsibility. So we need to improve with the players that we have. And we want to improve for sure."
Guimaraes impact
Guimaraes has already starting training with his new team-mates but it was decided the match against Dortmund would come too soon for him. The midfielder could be involved against Como on Wednesday night, before the focus shifts to this weekend's Community Shield against Manchester City.
Arteta revealed his delight at securing Guimaraes after a prolonged transfer saga, with the Brazilian wasting no time in making an impact in training.
"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," Arteta said. "That's the ambition that we need. We want to go to the next level and I'm 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.
"The versatility to play in two different positions in relation to what we want or the opponent does. A player who 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."
