{"id":463920,"date":"2011-07-19T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/new-signing-gervinho-expecting-great-season-for-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T10:20:00","slug":"new-signing-gervinho-expecting-great-season-for-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/new-signing-gervinho-expecting-great-season-for-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"New signing Gervinho expecting &#8216;great season&#8217; for Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Aaron McLoughlin<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Jul 2011 11:20:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.6858605246\">\n<div readability=\"15.4814814815\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gervinho, Ivory Coast (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/102200\/102218_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gervinho, Ivory Coast (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"29.6456692913\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/17088\/gervinho\">Gervinho<\/a> believes his new side have what it takes to end their six-year trophy drought by achieving success this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Ivory Coast international, who completed his move to the Gunners for a fee believed to be in the region of \u00a310.6 million on Monday, is the club&#8217;s first major signing this summer.<\/p>\n<p>After helping Lille win the double in France last season by scoring 18 goals, the Ivorian expects more of the same at his new club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have always followed Arsenal in the Premier League. At some points they were really good, but also had some difficulties like a lot of big clubs do,&#8221; Gervinho told <em>ArsenalPlayer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They did not finish in the position they wanted, and sometimes seasons like that happen &#8211; but we all know the potential of this team and hopefully we will do better next season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can expect a great season from Arsenal, with a lot of success and a lot of emotion at the end. I expect us to achieve our goals, and also in the seasons beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gervinho was being chased by a number of clubs over the summer before joining Arsenal, and is keen to prove his worth to his new supporters.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I hope the fans will enjoy watching me play and that at the end of the season we will have the opportunity to celebrate something great together.&#8221;<br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/19\/2581349\/new-signing-gervinho-expecting-great-season-for-arsenal\" title=\"New signing Gervinho expecting 'great season' for Arsenal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New signing Gervinho expecting &#8216;great season&#8217; for Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Aaron McLoughlin 19 Jul 2011 11:20:00 Gervinho, Ivory Coast (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal forward Gervinho believes his new side have what it takes to end their six-year trophy drought by achieving success this season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New signing Gervinho expecting &#039;great season&#039; 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