FIRST ARSENAL SIGNING YOU WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT...

[FOXYARSENAL]

dennis bergkamp i remember cutting it out of the paper and putting it up on the wall in my bedroom i was rnd 15,havnt been excited like that since with any signings for arsenal and lokks like its going to be that way for a while now

[donaldo]

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.

Same here Sid

We spent 100k on him(a weeks wages for some players today)and he was going to be the new George Best.His first game was at OT and he scored a great individual goal but after that it went downhill.

The signing of Sol the first time was exciting and so funny as well.A top class defender for free

[Boomer]

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.

Same here Sid

We spent 100k on him(a weeks wages for some players today)and he was going to be the new George Best.His first game was at OT and he scored a great individual goal but after that it went downhill.

The signing of Sol the first time was exciting and so funny as well.A top class defender for free

The way he was unveiled at the training ground was excellent as well.

Who's Wenger signed now?
Shit! that's Sol Campbell walking across the training ground!!

[merson_is_god]

Sol Campbell was also a great signing as he was from Spurs and it looked for all the world as if he was going to Barcelona or Inter Milan.

[littlefire]

Marinello again.





Sigh.

[brazilianGOONER]

can't say it was dennis because i started following arsenal on the day he signed, as i was a huge fan of his.

so i'd probably say davor suker, even though i watched only a few matches (it wasn't broadcasted in brazil yet).

[selsdon]

Charlie Nic for me too.

Couldn't believe he came to us over Utd and Liverpool.

Biggest loss was when Chippy over there ← went to Italy.

[the playing mantis]

JJ im afraid, having seen him score the winner in a euro final seemed a massive deal for me. Alas he was dour.

still at least i was there for that beautiful cureld effort v qpr. shame it was at the clock end if i remember corect

[marcengels]

Eddie McGoldrick -

I always believed in the "George Knows" banner, so I thought "OK, he must be the new Garrincha"

[DB10GOONER]

First one was Supermac - he was viewed as a real big name and a legend in the making, but injury blighted his time with us. Shame really as he has nothing but good to say about the club.

But the biggest, most exciting signing was Bergkamp. Nothing comes close for me. I just could not believe it. I arrived home from work and my dad phoned and said "We signed Dennis Bergkamp!"

I turned on the news (BBC1 had it as a major story!) and I just stood there staring at it. I went out to the back yard and yelled "FUCKING YES!" at the top of my lungs. My then GF thought I had gone mental.

I miss you so much Dennis...

[This Is The Daybreak]

The signings of Dennis Bergkamp and David Platt was big news for a 9 year old kid in 1995. After a dire campaign in 1995 (bar the run in Europe) it really kick started Arsenal again after the dire later years of Graham.

Can remember going to the first game of the season against Boro and it seemed differant, Highbury was sold out and even though it was a 1-1 draw there was a new sense of optamism round the place. Being a naive 9 year old I thaught we would win the league that season.

[the playing mantis]

i agree biggest and most exciting imo were Bergkamp and platt

i dont think people realise or give him much credit, and a lot openly dislike him, but david platt was at the time a massive signing given what hed done in the game. admittedly he wasnt outstanding for us, but he was decent and made significant contributions in the double winning season.

the winner vs united for example

[cusamano]

Bergkamp.

And in recent years Arshavin.

[Exiled-Gooner]

[kg1794]

Bergkamp.

And in recent years Arshavin.

I know it's slightly off-topic but I too would like to talk about the Arshavin transfer. Watched SSN all day that day praying it would go through, was so chuffed when we got him.