Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny believes signing Petr Cech will make the Gunners a better defensive unit, given the wealth of experience he brings to the team.
Cech is likely to make his first appearance in an Arsenal shirt in the final of the Barclays Asia Trophy against Everton in Singapore on 18 July.
"Petr has played 11 years in England, and made more than 300 appearances in the Premier League, and has won a lot of trophies," Koscielny said, as quoted by the Mirror.
"He is professional, you felt that in his first training session. He talks a lot, and his position that's very important.
"He will do well with us and when you have a good keeper like this behind you, you are more serene," he added.
Koscielny is currently in his sixth year at Arsenal and is likely to continue his partnership with Per Mertesacker, who will fight with Gabriel for a first-team spot. The Gunners have won two FA Cup trophies on the trot and will be looking to challenge for the Premier League title this time around.
"With Per we have played together for three years now, and I think it works well. Per is good in the air and when he has the ball in front of him, I can recover behind him, and he has space," he continued.
"We have a defence that plays high on the pitch so we need a team who all does the defensive job, and I think we did well on that last year, and we will do it again this season.
"If we play with this pressure all the season we can win a lot of games and not concede too many."
Per – What Cech will add to the squad
Per Mertesacker says the signing of Petr Cech will bring “that special [something] extra” to Arsenal.
The goalkeeper joined the club at the end of June and has integrated into the first-team squad during the tour of Singapore.
Mertesacker is looking forward to working alongside his new taem-mate and says Cech is a “great signing”.
He communicates quite well, speaks a lot of languages - even a bit of German - so he gets along with everyone
“I thought that was a good signing for our team,” the German told Arsenal Player.
“He’s an experienced goalkeeper who proved that he is a really good ‘keeper and won a lot of titles with Chelsea.
“I think it’s a great signing for us and from day one, when I first met him, you had that feeling that he has a certain presence.
“He communicates quite well, speaks a lot of languages - even a bit of German - so he gets along with everyone and that’s good for us, so he can add that special [something] extra we are missing.
“I think he will save some difficult balls. That’s why he joined - he needs to regain his confidence by playing for us and I think that’s the most important thing for him.
“Overall he’s played a lot of games in the Premier League already. He will add a few games and we will see him at his best.”
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