{"id":466572,"date":"2011-07-23T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/23\/arsene-wenger-gervinho-can-have-an-immediate-impact-for-arsenal-in-the-premier-league\/"},"modified":"2011-07-23T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T07:45:00","slug":"arsene-wenger-gervinho-can-have-an-immediate-impact-for-arsenal-in-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/23\/arsene-wenger-gervinho-can-have-an-immediate-impact-for-arsenal-in-the-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsene Wenger: Gervinho can have an immediate impact for Arsenal in the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"67.426035503\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a> is firm in his belief that new signing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/17088\/gervinho\">Gervinho<\/a> can hit the ground running in his first season in the Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Ivorian forward joined the Gunners last month for a \u00a310.5 million transfer fee and, amid speculation surrounding the futures of both Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, Wenger has lifted morale by praising the African international\u2019s displays in training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe looks to me like he has adjusted very quickly,\u201d the manager told the club\u2019s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLet\u2019s hope it goes quickly for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou never know, some players take six months and some players take two weeks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wenger has clearly been impressed with Gervinho\u2019s adaptation and has pointed to his versatility as crucial to his ability to slot into the team in time for the new season, perhaps filling the void that could left by Nasri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe is a positive threat to everybody up front,\u201d he said. \u201cHe can play on the right, he can play on the left and he can play through the middle.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cHe is a help for us to be more dangerous, more of a threat. He is an addition to the Arsenal squad of top quality.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cPlayers like [Theo] Walcott or [Andrey] Arshavin can see that more as a help because they know in some games you need variety. Up front is the most demanding position where you need to be fresh.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/23\/2586977\/arsene-wenger-gervinho-can-have-an-immediate-impact-for\" title=\"Arsene Wenger: Gervinho can have an immediate impact for Arsenal in the Premier League\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsene Wenger: Gervinho can have an immediate impact for Arsenal in the Premier League<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is firm in his belief that new signing Gervinho can hit the ground running in his first season in the Premier League. <\/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-466572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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