Goal Brasil claim Arsenal paid a €5m loan fee to Flamengo when they signed Mari in January followed by a further €3m six months later.
Activating a permanent deal will now see an extra €8m outlay taking his total cost to €16m in transfer fees to the Brazilian club.Arsenal technical director Edu said: “With Pablo we’re all disappointed he got injured at Manchester City.
Since Mikel arrived here he was asking for a central defender who was left-footed."We were really pleased with Pablo - his behaviour, the way he is training, his mentality and his quality.
Unfortunately, he has that injury but of course we are really happy to keep him for the future."Speaking ahead of Thursday's trip to Southampton, Arteta addressed Mari's future.“We’ve been.
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