Brazilian international midfielder Luis Gustavo has chosen to stay in Germany, joining Wolfsburg from Bayern Munich for a fee thought to be around €20million.
The player had publicly revealed his love of the Premier League and singled out Arsenal as a club with “great tradition”, at the height of the Gunners interest.
Yet just like many others, Gustavo has chosen to pack up and set up camp elsewhere.
Once again, the Arsenal faithful and Twitter were vocal on the transfer:
@JamesDallESPN “Luiz Gustavo to sign for Wolfsburg for a fee of €15 million, says the German media. Fine timing for Arsenal what with Mikel Arteta's injury.”
@HEOkike “Gustavo gone! Twitter meltdown expected soon #AFC”
@_don_cross_AFC “Gustavo joins an ambitious team. Good for him. 5-year deal with Wolfsburg.”
@KevTimoney “Gustavo signs for Wolfsburg. Another player missed. F*cking sort it out wenger and get players in. Getting frustrating. #AFC #SPEND”
@MitchJFranco10 “Soo .... there goes Gustavo ... #Afc”
@jesperthem “WTF.. Can we please sign someone, anyone?! Gustavo to Wolfsburg.. #AFC #signsomeonewenger #arsenal”
@jean23k “Ok so #Arsenal #AFC lose out to a mid table team in the race to sign #Gustavo They definitely are aiming for 5th #NotAHappyGooner”
@AdamMazrani “what a lovely story to wake up, Wolfsburg, a non-CL club, completing the signing of Gustavo. farcical from #AFC”
@Polo91_AFC “Now that Gustavo is off. Just Bring in Fellaini pay the 30 million just do it”
@AK_AFC “So we miss out on Gustavo. Not our fault though, lots of unlucky circumstances. But still painful considering his fee.”
@BillyCampbell11 “So the Champions League regulars (also rans) Arsenal lose out to the might of Wolfsburg (11th last yr) in the race for Luis Gustavo. #afc”
@Katles25 “Wolfsburg over Arsenal,then u know that quality players don't believe in Wenger no more”
@davecurran1984 “Can't believe gustavo joined Wolfsburg over @Arsenal we have nearly 2m more twitter followers”
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