Charlotte Marsh

You don't see him playing for Southampton again.

So this is a chance for him to make his move elsewhere, whether that's to Arsenal or somewhere else.

Certainly gives Arteta another option, especially if Chambers and Bellerin

are going to keep getting injured, which is entirely possible.

And it's just the age-old argument of needing squad depth.

They need to get their Premier League form back on track.

The knockout stages of the Europa League are coming up and obviously they got to the final last year and that's more than likely to be at least the aim this year.

And they're still in the FA Cup as well, which they've won a few times and also is a good chance for them to win a trophy.

He's not an entirely unknown entity, especially to Arteta.

They both joined Man City in the summer of 2016.

And while he didn't play for Man City...

Arteta will be aware of him and probably would have seen him in training a few times.

I mean, Mahri hasn't played in many top flight leagues in Europe.

He played two games in La Liga, I think, and he played 21 games in Eredivisie with Breda.

So he's only played 23 top flight games in Europe.

Which is very different to kind of South American football where he's kind of made his name.

Doesn't mean he can't be a success, of course.

I mean, he is Spanish, so he knows about European football.

It's not like he's coming into a completely unknown entity.

And let's not forget Gilberto Silva joined Arsenal in the early 2000s from a Brazilian team, Atletico Mineiro.