Twitter reacts as Arsenal announce the signing of Sokratis Papastathopoulos

After months of speculation, Arsenal have finally completed the signing of Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Borussia Dortmund for a reported fee worth around €19 million.

The 29-year-old, who also has vast experience on the international stage having made 79 appearances for Greece, will wear the No 5 shirt at his new club. In consequence, the center-back becomes Unai Emery’s third signing of the summer after the free transfer of experienced Switzerland captain Stephan Lichsteiner and goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

"It is a beautiful moment and I am very happy that for the next years I will be here. Arsenal are one of the three biggest teams in the Premier League," Papastathopoulos told Arsenal's website.

"I'm a normal defender. I like to defend. I like that my team doesn't take goals. I like a zero in the defence and I will do everything to help to achieve this goal."

Here's how Twitter reacted to the sensational news.

All of us when we finally announced #SOKRATIS 😃 pic.twitter.com/Q7QCShJHA5

— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) July 2, 2018

#DerPapaMachtEsGut pic.twitter.com/IWPeXH0RSt

— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) July 2, 2018

Konstantinos MavropanosAlexandre LacazetteHenrikh MkhitaryanPierre Emerick Emiliano AubameyangStephan LichtsteinerSokratis PapastathopoulosGuess Arsenal took the "BIG NAME SIGNING" concept a bit literally😂😂#arsenal

— Saad Asif (@SaadAsif01) July 2, 2018

Wait i just realised i will have to deal with english commentators struggling to say Papastathopoulos week after week

— Dαnαi✨🇮🇷🇬🇷 (@danaibalt) July 2, 2018

Think #SOKRATIS Papastathopoulos will be a somewhat good signing for Arsenal. His career at Dortmund has been decent overall and will add much needed experience with PM retired and LK out for a long time. A better defender than SM and can help tutor our younger defenders. #afc

— John. (@ByJohnSmith) July 2, 2018

Sokratis Papastathopoulos… or Papa for short 😉 #SOKRATIS pic.twitter.com/O8RDrDYTeG

— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) July 2, 2018

Arsenal sign Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Borussia Dortmund for £17.6m.Can't wait for Paul Merson to pronounce his name next season 😂 pic.twitter.com/eHWhLHzZRt

— UNILAD Football (@UNILADFooty) July 2, 2018

Papastathopoulos, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang and Mavropanos in one team is a Paul Merson’s nightmare 😂

— 🇺🇾 (@JessOzil) July 2, 2018

Already waiting for Paul Merson to pronounce Sokratis Papastathopoulos next season. 😅 pic.twitter.com/U3ynzZP0SR

— 90min (@90min_Football) July 2, 2018

New Arsenal signing Sokratis Papastathopoulos looks over the moon to have joined the club pic.twitter.com/axMr2kf6Ov

— ⚽️ is a Country (@FutbolsaCountry) July 2, 2018

I’m looking forward to seeing Konstantinos Mavropanos and Sokratis Papastathopoulos playing together in defence with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette playing upfront for Arsenal next season. #SOKRATIS#Arsenal

— 👑 DaddyMo PhD CEng 👑 (@officialdaddymo) July 2, 2018

can’t wait for the English media to try to their hand at pronouncing Sokratis Papastathopoulos

— Jack Grimse (@JackGrimse) July 2, 2018

Good luck to the commentators when Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Konstantinos Mavropanos start as centrebacks!

— Marius Jørgensen (@mariusjorg26) July 2, 2018

Glad I'm not an Arsenal fan, imagine the cost of trying to get "Papastathopoulos" on the back of your jersey😂😂 pic.twitter.com/leF7zCODXv

— Mark McKee (@markmckee98) July 2, 2018

Sokratis Papastathopoulos24 letters Finally arsenal make a big name signing

— 🔴🔴🔴 (@I22334455I) July 2, 2018

We’ve got Sokratis Papastathopoulos to join Konstantinos Mavropanos.We need extra 5 mins a half if we are gonna chant their names #Arsenal

— sidesey (@sidesey) July 2, 2018

Fun fact: Playing 'Sokratis Papastathopoulos' in scrabble will get you more points than Arsenal in 18/19.

— olivé (@Ollibreh) July 2, 2018

Arsenal signings in 2018:Konstantinos MavropanosHenrikh MkhitaryanPierre-Emerick AubameyangStephan LichtsteinerSokratis PapastathopoulosPaul Merson on Soccer Saturday having to pronounce them 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qB8m8JK1Bz

— Football Super Tips (@FootySuperTips) July 2, 2018

I hope Sokratis' tackles will be as hard as his name

— Sokratis Papastathopoulos (@Ken_Murunga) July 2, 2018

Arsenal now have three former Borussia Dortmund players in their current first-team squad:• Henrikh Mkhitaryan• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang• Sokratis PapastathopoulosEx-BVB Head of Recruitment Sven Mislintat with some *big-name* signings. pic.twitter.com/6gEJwlG9A8

— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) July 2, 2018

The trio are back!Henrikh MkhitaryanPierre-Emerick AubameyangSokratis Papastathopoulos pic.twitter.com/S8RT8aELYA

— Fan Antics (@FanAnticsFC) July 2, 2018

His name's alphabets are more than @SpursOfficial trophies😂😂😂

— kadfi kader (@KaderKadfi) July 2, 2018

Arsenal have signed Sokratis Papastathopoulos. Yessss I spelt that correctly. I deserve some accolades. 😂👍.

— July 13th (@Kulvic) July 2, 2018

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