Based in Holloway, London, Arsenal FC is one of the most decorated football clubs in the Premier League with a tally of 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 12 FA Cups and is arguably in the top six clubs of the Premier league.
The club moved to the Emirates Stadium from Highbury in July 2006. The Emirates is situated at Holloway London. Arsenal's current manager is Arsene Wenger who has been their longest serving manager of all time.
Arsenal has a long-standing rivalry with North London neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, with whom it contests the North London derby. Arsenal have one of the best top-flight records in history, having finished below 14th only seven times.
Arsenal are the only team to have gone an entire season unbeaten in 2003-04 and the club also holds the record for the longest unbeaten run in the Premier League at 49 games. David O'Leary holds the record for Arsenal appearances, having played 722 first-team matches between 1975 and 1993.
Thierry Henry is the club's top goalscorer with 228 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2012. Healso holds the club record for goals scored in the League, with 176.
The 2018 January transfer window signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the most expensive transfer the club has completed. Arsenal paid a staggering £55m to secure the services of the Gabonese international.
The record was previously held by Alexandre Lacazette whom the club signed in the summer of 2017 for a sum of £45m (with a further £7m in add-ons) from Olympique Lyonnais.
The club has also had to see the departure of some top players who were sold at good rates in the transfer market like Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Emmanuel Adebayor and Samir Nasri.
Here is a list of Arsenal's most expensive signings.
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | £55 million |
| Alexandre Lacazette | £45 million |
| Mesut Ozil | £38.2 million |
| Shkodran Mustafi | £35 million |
| Granit Xhaka | £33.8 million |
Here is a list of Arsenal's most expensive departures.
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | £40 million |
| Cesc Fabregas | £29.8 million |
| Marc Overmars | £25 million |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | £25 million |
| Samir Nasri | £24 million |
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