The Gallery: Per Mertesacker

'After giving Man Utd something of an Easy Ride(r), Arsène decided to invest in a Mertesacker,' says Mike Taylor Photograph: Photomontage

'A German Green Giant has arrived at the Emirates from Werder Bremen' writes Koichiro Yamamura, but where's the sweetcorn? Photograph: Photomontage

Hillel Aron wonders whether the lifeboat has arrived at Arsenal a little too late Photograph: Photomontage

Adam Williams brings us this fine effort Photograph: Photomontage

'Still haunted by that Welbeck goal, the Arsenal defence know who to call' – a spookily good entry from Cian Kearney Photograph: Photomontage

'Arsène didn't think Per would have trouble fitting in, given the shape of Arsenal's season,' zings David Braley Photograph: Photomontage

'Arsène Hitchcock proves he is the master of suspense as he ropes in another victim on deadline day,' giggles Alun Hewinson Photograph: Photomontage

'Arsène shows Per to his new training ground!' Thanks to Luke McCarthy Photograph: Photomontage

Zhixiang Ong with a King Kong-themed entry. But what? No caption? That is surely wrong Photograph: Photomontage

'To preserve Arsenal's present and to protect their future' guffaws Anthony Salisbury Photograph: Photomontage

Mertesacker's arrival 'just brought another inevitable tragedy to mind' for Andrew Booth Photograph: Photomontage

'Allo Allo from the 'appy Per' – a riff on a comedy great from fotoshopgal Photograph: Photomontage

'After Jack Wilshere’s Mertesacker/Arshavin tweet went viral … Per felt rather self conscious about his height and took to a bit of sightseeing …' titters Jason Froggett Photograph: Photomontage

'Mertesacker reminds me of Roald Dahl's crazy figures. Just 14 yellow cards in more than 400 games, but nearly 6'6 tall: I've never seen a defender like him. Unfortunately, he's also pretty slow and will struggle in the Premier League, especially because of Arsenal's high line. But hey, a great deal - for Werder Bremen' - Stefan Meyer gets the joke Photograph: Photomontage

'So, Per, when Arsène said you were going to be his new sweeper, is this what you imagined?' Dave Gray has Guardian Towers smiling Photograph: Photomontage

André Terharen gets inside Arsène's head: 'I should have known …' Photograph: Photomontage

'Mertesacker is a man of many talents' japes Aleksandra Vayntraub Photograph: Photomontage

'Mertesacker wanted to emulate Adams, thus explaining Vermaelen's latest injury' – Roy Boujaoude remembers when Arsenal were good for the drop Photograph: Photomontage

Here's Dave Gray: 'Arsène realised a combination of his accent and Fred Scuttle's job title were responsible for the wrong signing' Photograph: Photomontage

'Per the builder, can you fix it?' asks Faez Hassan Photograph: Photomontage

'Probably not the right time for Per' - it's Faez Hassan again Photograph: Photomontage

'Arsenal medical team: "Normally new signings stand on a box for a medical so we don't need to bend down. With Per, we're on the box."' Tausif believes Arsenal's new centre-back is someone to look up to Photograph: Photomontage