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Arsenal squad numbers for 2020/21 confirmed after final summer transfer

Arsenal enjoyed a busy summer transfer window, with several new arrivals.

Willian joined on a free transfer after his contract at Chelsea expired, whilst Gabriel Magalhaes was signed from Lille to bolster Arsenal's defensive options.

The departure of Emi Martinez to Aston Villa left a vacancy which was filled by Runar Alex Runarsson, who arrived from French club Dijon.

Cedric and Pablo Mari turned their loan moves into permanent deals, but the Gunners saved their biggest deal until last with the signing of Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid.

Bukayo Saka on his England debut, his first Arsenal goal and playing well

The Ghana international joined after Arsenal finally agreed to activate his £45million release clause.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said Partey will be a key addition to his side.

"We identified him a few months ago and we have been following his progress, and obviously the more you know about the squad, you know more about where you think you can improve it.

"We believe he has the right qualities, with his character and his personality and as well with his technical qualities and positional options that he can give to the team.

"I think he allows us to play different formations and he can fit in within those formations in different positions, which is a really good thing to have in a squad where, in midfield, I think we were a little bit short.

"I have a few things in mind that I want to start to train with the team and [Partey’s signing] is going to give us a little bit more adaptability and more balance in defending and attacking transitions and the way we have to set up certain structures to attack better in certain moments of the game."

Here is Arsenal's full list of squad numbers for the new season:

1. Bernd Leno

2. Hector Bellerin

3. Kieran Tierney

4. William Saliba

5. Sokratis

6. Gabriel

7. Bukayo Saka

8. Dani Ceballos

9. Alexandre Lacazette

10. Mesut Ozil

12. Willian

13. Alex Runarsson

14. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

15. Ainsley Maitland-Niles

16. Rob Holding

17. Cedric

18. Thomas Partey

19. Nicolas Pepe

20. Shkodran Mustafi

21. Calum Chambers

22. Pablo Mari

23. David Luiz

24. Reiss Nelson

25. Mohamed Elneny

28. Joe Willock

30. Eddie Nketiah

31. Sead Kolasinac

32. Emile Smith Rowe

33. Matt Macey

34. Granit Xhaka

35. Gabriel Martinelli

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