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Evening Standard
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Simon Collings

Why Arsenal have signed ‘cool and calm’ Jurrien Timber and where he will play

During a week in which Arsenal are looking to wrap up a club-record £105million move for Declan Rice, the signing of Jurrien Timber has the potential to fly under the radar.

The defender has finalised a £38.5m switch from Ajax, significantly less than the fee for Rice and the £65m Arsenal paid to buy Kai Havertz from Chelsea.

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