Mikel Arteta is no stranger to sign Chelsea players and Arsenal have been set to complete a deal for Noni Madueke after he agreed a deal with the blues for a transfer
Noni Madueke seems to be the last signing of Arsenal in a busy start until July in the transfer market. In the space of a week, the English international was able to arrive at the Emirates with Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard.
The winger has been given permission by Chelsea to leave the United States on the eve of the World Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain to complete a £ 52 million step to the Gunners. Madueke will sign a five -year deal while he seals a switch to the Emirates.
It is not the first time that Mikel Arteta has added his team to the London rivals of Arsenal. And it is not even the first time this summer after the Gunners had appreciated Kepa Arrizabalaga, away from Stamford Bridge in a £ 5 million deal that was a little more than a week ago.
And it seems that the Edu or Andrea Berta is responsible for transfers, the club is more than happy to go back to the Chelsea, because they try to transform from also Rans to Premier League winners. But how successful has tactics been so far?
Mirror Football takes a look at what happened with the players signed for Madueke and Kepa, where the last one had not had time to leave his mark.
Willian
The Brazilian winger started soon after he came to Arsenal to do two assists about his debut against Fulham. By the end of the season, however, Willian only had one goal for his name for the club.
After just over a year in the club, Willian and Arsenal came to an agreement to end his time in North Londs via Mutal permission. The Premier League veteran later described the period as 'the worst time he had lived as a professional'.
Jorginho
Jorginho was a 'bit surprised' about his move to Arsenal in January 2023. The £ 12 million deal caught on a large part of the football world when Arsenal continued to sign Moises Caicedo.
“I know he tried a few times to get me earlier and it didn't happen for other reasons, not because of my wishes,” Jorginho said when signing for the club.
Arteta hoped that the signing would contribute to the depth of the team and the Italian turned out to be useful on the way to 79 performances in two and a half seasons. Jorginho earned an extension of his first deal, but saw his contract end in 2025 while he opted for a move to Brazil.
Kai Havertz
The German movement by London was another who pulled eyebrows, while Arsenal reinforces £ 65 million for the last goal scorer of Chelsea Champions League. Arteta intended to use Havertz as a midfielder before pushing the player further forward.
And while he sometimes had trouble leading the front line of the blues, the former Bayer Leverkusen Ace turned out to be a useful stand-in for Arteta. Havertz has scored 29 goals and gave 13 assists in 87 performances for Arsenal so far and a stint at the end of 2023/24 saw four Premier League goals and three assists in five games.
A significant injury in a training camp in the middle season put him in his spurs in early 2025 when he was forced to go under the knife. But the German international was noticed by Arteta as a physical transformation in his time away from the field when he returned for the last two games of the season.
Raheem Sterling
The wing player had a forgetful enchantment at Arsenal, after he arrived at the club on a season loan. Arteta would have hoped that he could have repeated the form he saw in Manchester City, while the Gunners tried to take advantage of a chance in the transfer window.
Sterling was unable to break into the first team of Arteta for the most part and scored only once in his season with the club. The 30-year-old made 13 starts but often did not take it off the bank.