Guimaraes can take us to the next level - Arteta

Mikel Arteta said the signing of Bruno Guimaraes will help Arsenal go to the "next level" and hinted that the Gunners are not done with their summer transfer activity.

The signing of Guimaraes for £75m from Newcastle United was officially announced on Saturday and the 28-year-old midfielder was introduced to the fans inside Emirates Stadium before the match against Borussia Dortmund.

Guimaraes was not included in the matchday squad for the 3-2 loss to Dortmund but is likely to be involved in the game against Como on Wednesday.

Arteta was quick to explain why he was so keen to bring the Brazilian to north London.

"I'm delighted to have him," he said. "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.

"We want to go to the next level and are 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 signing of Guimaraes means Arteta now has plenty of choice in midfield with Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard, Martin Zubimendi, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ethan Nwaneri, Eberechi Eze and Mikel Merino all options in the middle of the pitch.

And Arteta went into detail about what he hopes Guimaraes can bring to the Arsenal side this season as they look to defend their Premier League title.