FIRST ARSENAL SIGNING YOU WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT...

merson_is_god · Post by **merson_is_god** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:58 pm

For me it was Stefan Schwarz in 1994, I was looking forward to seeing a foreigner playing for us after only remembering John Jensen and Anders Limpar.

then the following year in 1995 Dennis Bergkamp and David Platt joined and the start of the revolution was near.

RossieGooner · Post by **RossieGooner** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:59 pm

Malcolm MacDonald.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:05 pm

Peter Marinello.......followed by Malcolm McDonald.....

Post by **flash gunner** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:08 pm

Charlie Nicholas

Post by **g88ner** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:18 pm

Stefan Schwarz.

Bring Back Pires · Post by **Bring Back Pires** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:19 pm

Dennis Bergkamp.

I was 11 years old at the time, and on a school trip in France. I remembered checking out the back page of The Sun in a local village shop, and saw the headline 'Hello Kampers', along with the accompanying shot of him holding an Arsenal shirt (along with Bruce Rioch, but we'll try to block that out).

Being young, and without today's advantage of the Internet, I knew little about him - but I did know that he was a household-name star. And the price tag (circa Â£8m, IIRC) was very high for the time, so I knew it was serious. Very pleasing indeed.

Since then, the only transfers I've been exicted about were Overmars, Suker and Campbell; mainly because they were all established 'stars'. If I'd known how Henry, Pires, Ljungberg, Vieira, Petit, Fabregas et al. (not Al-munia) would turn out, I'd have been pretty fucking excited by those too.

Bergkamp-Genius · Post by **Bergkamp-Genius** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:22 pm

Yea Charlie Nick for me as well, but more excited when Wrighty arrived and ecstatic when Bergkamp arrived..

I don't think we will ever sign anyone as much above what we were used to as Bergkamp was..he was on a totally different level to any one we had even contemplated signing before...nowadays it would be like us signing Kaka out of the blue...

Gooner_Sam · Post by **Gooner_Sam** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:24 pm

Sol Campbell

USMartin · Post by **USMartin** » Wed May 26, 2010 2:27 am

Ian Wright - though the Bergkamp signing is right there. His signing was much more surprising really.

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed May 26, 2010 6:43 am

Another vote for Stefan Schwarz here. No idea why.

The Bergkamp transfer a year later was amazing though. I remember going into school and boasting about it to my Man U mates

jamjc64 · Post by **jamjc64** » Wed May 26, 2010 7:20 am

Yep charlie Nicholas for me, although , Swarz was a buzz,

But there is no getting away from the fact that the arrival of Bergkamp started it all off into this modern era

Without him you wonder if the others would have followed

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Wed May 26, 2010 7:43 am

Peter Marinello, although I wasn't really old enough to understand, but it was headline news on tv and all the newspapers.
Hailed as the new Goerge Best, I can't honestly remember seeing him play on MOTD or anywhere else.

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Wed May 26, 2010 8:09 am

John Hawley....

For me, it was Malcolm McDonald, followed closely by Kenny Sansom (via the Allen swap deal), we had just played Crystal Palace in a pre-season friendly at Highbury, and he was the best player on the pitch (playing for them of course)

bunch · Post by **bunch** » Wed May 26, 2010 8:22 am

Charlie Nicholas for me too.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Wed May 26, 2010 8:29 am

Good topic this!

I'm not sure.
The likes of Seaman, Lininghan and Limpar were good signings but I'd doubt I knew much about them before they joined.
Same with Ian Wright I don't think I was excited. I knew of Wright but was probably a little young to apprechiate the signing.

I think it may have to be Stefan Schwarz. As I think there was a World cup that year in which we got to see him.

Definately Berkcamp later down the line.