Aubameyang joins Gunners

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joined Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund for a club record fee of £56 million on Wednesday, in the biggest deal so far on transfer deadline day.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger -- who last August kept the football world on tenterhooks as he held out selling Alexis Sanchez to Manchester City because he failed to secure Thomas Lemar from Monaco -- did not wait until the last minute to land the Gabon striker.

Wenger persuaded the board to pay more for the 28-year-old than the £46.5 million they shelled out for Frenchman ALexandre Lacazette last August.

There may be even more good news in store for fans as it was being widely reported that Mesut Ozil -- who was expected to leave either this window a la Alexis Sanchez or on a free transfer in the summer -- had penned a new three-and-a-half-year deal, ensuring that he will be around to feed in those delectable balls to his new teammate Aubameyang.

However, Ozil comes at a premium to the tune of £350,000 per week which means that Arsenal have shattered their rigidly-enforced wage structure and made the German the highest-paid player in the club's history.

Dortmund have completed a six-month loan for Michy Batshuayi from Chelsea, who have stipulated there will be no option to buy.

Late into the window, Olivier Giroud left Arsenal after five-and-a-half years of service, moving across London to join Chelsea.

The France striker netted 105 goals in 253 appearances during his time with us and won the FIFA Puskas Goal of the Year for his scorpion kick last season.

“Giroud gave great service; he never let us down on the commitment front and saved us many times," said Arsene Wenger. "I believe that his behaviour has been top, top class. He always had his heart 100 per cent in the team."