Arsenal’s history with Serie A is not a well-travelled one and in the current millennium, hardly a successful one either. This is surprising considering some of the players that the Gunners brought into the club prior to the year 2000 rolling around.
Arsenal club legend Thierry Henry joined from Juventus while Dennis Bergkamp and Nwankwo Kanu arrived from Inter Milan. Patrick Vieira was signed from AC Milan. Anders Limpar moved from Cremonese, and David Platt made the switch from Sampdoria.
Platt's former side are arguably the only club that the Gunners have seen a modicum of success in the last 20 years in the market. Lucas Torreira was one of Unai Emery’s first signings but ultimately the Uruguayan was unable to succeed in north London.