Gunners sign €50m Germany star Ozil

Arsenal last night wrapped up a deal for German star Mesut Ozil as the Real Madrid playmaker joined the club for a club-record fee of €50 million.

A frustrating summer for the Gunners, who failed to complete any big-money moves, despite heavy interest in Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez and Yohan Cabaye among others, ended on a high as they smashed their transfer record should.

For a brief period yesterday morning, United were rumoured to be planning to hijack the move but that was dismissed out of hand.