Arsenal are surrounding the finalizing of Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna as the Gunners seek to strengthen their team ahead of the brand-new season.

Calafiori shows up with a growing track record after assisting Bologna to Champions League credentials last season, before getting into the Italian nationwide side.

Arsenal will hope the centre-back can be a huge part of their title difficulty in 2024-25, as Calafiori seeks to follow in the steps of some effective Serie A imports in North London.

Here are 5 of Arsenal’s best-ever finalizings from Serie A.

David Platt

After 4 seasons in Italy representing Bari, Juventus and Sampdoria, Arsenal concurred a £4.75m offer to bring England midfielder Platt back to English football in 1995.

Injuries affected his time in North London however Platt was a crucial factor under Bruce Rioch and follower Arsene Wenger. He scored 15 objectives in 107 looks for the Gunners and won a Premier League and FA Cup double throughout his last season at Highbury.

Happy birthday, David Platt pic.twitter.com/J29OuyAt4P

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) June 10, 2024

Though limited to an effect function following the arrival of Emmanuel Petit to partner Patrick Vieira in midfield, Platt produced an important minute with a late winner versus title competitors Manchester United. It was an objective that showed definitive in the 1997-98 title race, as Arsenal edged out the Red Devils by simply a single point.

Dennis Bergkamp

Dennis Bergkamp came to Arsenal that exact same summer season, with an indicate show following an underwhelming spell at Inter Milan. After a hard start, the club-record finalizing ended up being the token for a new-look Arsenal, as Bergkamp included guile and genius to a side whose track record had actually been constructed on the less attractive side of the video game.

Bergkamp’s 11 years at Arsenal saw the Dutchman win 3 league titles and 4 FA Cups, with the forward called Player of the Year throughout the club’s very first Premier League success in 1997-98.

Responsible for a few of the best objectives in Premier League history, Bergkamp’s balletic spin and surface versus Newcastle and an outrageous hat-trick versus Leicester are a few of the most remarkable images of the Premier League age.

Art. In its purest kind.

Dennis. Bergkamp. pic.twitter.com/azdHNzh2JN

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) June 20, 2021

He scored 120 objectives in 423 looks for Arsenal and ranks as one of the most transformative finalizings in the Gunners’ happy history. A statue of Bergkamp now sits outdoors Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium.

Golazo Merchants: Arsenal’s non-flying Dutchman, Dennis Bergkamp

Nwankwo Kanu

Nwankwo Kanu followed the course Bergkamp had trodden after representing Ajax and Inter before his transfer to Arsenal. A major heart problem identified with Inter threatened his profession and affected his time in Italy before a £4.15m transfer to North London in 1999.

Kanu had actually won the African Footballer of the Year award after assisting Nigeria to Olympic Gold in 1996 and won the award for a 2nd time after signing for Arsenal. He scored 44 objectives in 198 looks for the Gunners, in spite of investing much of his time as an effect choice, with Kanu efficient in game-changing minutes.

#OnThisDay in 2000

“𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬!”

Kanu: pic.twitter.com/v0itmBqdUv

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) March 2, 2021

No video game epitomised his match-winning qualifications more than a resurgence win at Chelsea, where Kanu scored a hat-trick to assist Arsenal originated from 2 objectives to win at Stamford Bridge.

Iconic Performances: Kanu hat-trick seals well-known resurgence win at Stamford Bridge

Patrick Vieira

Arsene Wenger had a practice of discovering untapped capacity and the £3.5m capture of Patrick Vieira from AC Milan was a few of his finest company. The Frenchman had actually stopped working to discover his feet in Serie A however struck the ground running in the Premier League, enforcing himself on opposition midfielders.

The general of the Gunners’ midfield, Vieira formed powerful collaborations with the similarity Emmanuel Petit and Gilberto Silva as Arsenal won league titles in 1997-8, 2001-02 and 2003-04.

Happy birthday, Patrick Vieira pic.twitter.com/puKdjZIpkN

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) June 23, 2024

He captained the club to the latter of those successes, as Arsenal ended up being the first string in 116 years to finish a top-flight project in England without losing a video game.

Vieira included 406 times for Arsenal, scoring 34 objectives, and scored the definitive penalty shot in the 2005 FA Cup last win over Manchester United in his last video game for the club.

Midfield Generals: Patrick Vieira – A Gunners fantastic

Thierry Henry

The absolute best of a renowned lot.

Thierry Henry had actually had a hard time in Serie A at Juventus, however Arsenal allowed him to reach the ceiling of his capacity in the Premier League. Henry’s transfer to North London and move into a centre-forward position saw him turn into one of the specifying gamers of his generation, with the Frenchman essentially peerless throughout his 8 seasons in an Arsenal t-shirt.

Henry scored 228 objectives in 377 looks to end up being Arsenal’s record scorer, won a record-breaking 4 Premier League Golden Boots, and was called PFA Player of the Year two times.

The Premier League was quite Henry’s play ground as the Frenchman swaggered around pitches with self-confidence and electrical rate, as close to unstoppable as English football has actually experienced when at his finest.

One of the fantastic #UCL efficiencies…

Thierry Henry vs Real Madrid, 2006 pic.twitter.com/wN6vxjef8U

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) June 27, 2023

After leaving for Barcelona in 2007, he quickly returned for a brief loan spell in 2012.

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