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The Great Friday Quiz - The Answers
1 - From which club did Arsenal sign Patrick Vieira?
AC Milan
2 - Name the midfielder/defender signed by Wenger in his first season, now a scout at Arsenal.
Gilles Grimandi
3 - And which other midfielder did they sign from the same club, on the same day and for the same fee?
Emmanuel Petit
4 - From which club did Arsenal sign Marc Overmars from?
Ajax
5 - How much did Arsenal pay for Nicolas Anelka in 1997?
£500,000
6 - And how much did Real Madrid pay for him two years later?
£23million
7 - Which club did Arsenal pay £2million to for Jermaine Pennant
Notts County
8 - Name the other striker signed by Arsenal the day before Thierry Henry arrived at Highbury.
Davor Suker
9 - From which Spanish club did Arsenal sign Lauren from?
Mallorca
10 - What was the combined fee paid by Barcelona for Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars?
£30million
11 - For which player did Arsenal break their transfer record for in 2000, paying £13million, more than twice the amount they did for Robert Pires?
Sylvain Wiltord from Bordeaux
12 - How much did Arsenal pay for Francis Jeffers?
£8million
13 - And who did they eventually sell him to in 2004?
Charlton
14 - Name the Belgian club Arsenal had a 'feeder' arrangement with until 2006.
KSK Beveren
15 - How much did Arsenal initially pay for Theo Walcott?
£5million
16 - How much did Arsenal pay Chelsea for Lassana Diarra in August 2007?
£2million
17 - And how much did Portsmouth pay for him five months later?
£5.5million
18 - Cesc Fabregas was one Spanish youngster plucked from the Barcelona academy, name the other currently on Arsenal's books.
Fran Merida
19 - Who was the last English player Arsenal signed?
Luke Freeman from Gillingham
20 - How many former Arsenal players are now at Portsmouth?
Kanu, Sol Campbell, Lauren and Lassan Diarra
