The new Gunners attacker is being backed to
make life difficult for Premier League defenders
by his adversary-turned-team-mate
Shkodran Mustafi is confident fellow new Arsenal
signing Lucas Perez has all the attributes to be a hit in
England and warned Premier League defenders they
face an "uncomfortable" experience.
Arsenal completed big-money deals to land centre-back
Mustafi and forward Perez from Valencia and Deportivo
La Coruna respectively before the transfer window
closed.
new team-mate in La Liga and believes the 27-year-old
can bring the sort of form that saw him net 17
league goals last season to Emirates Stadium.
"He is uncomfortable to play against. He's a good
striker - he has everything a striker needs," he told
Arsenal's official website.
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"He's someone you can play well with. He doesn't just
run around and wait for someone to give him a pass to
score a goal. He works a lot for the team as well and he
creates chances.
"He's in the right place at the right time, as he showed
last year in LaLiga. I played there for two years and I
know it's not that easy to score many goals in LaLiga,
because you have great defenders there as well.
"I think he's going to help the team a lot."
Mustafi is expected to make his Arsenal debut against
Southampton this weekend, despite suffering an ankle
injury scare on international duty with Germany, while
Perez is also in line to make his competitive Gunners
bow.
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