QUIZ - Test your Arsenal knowledge

Know your Arse from your elbow? Then test yourself with Dan Mountney's quiz on all things Arsenal



QUIZ - Test your Arsenal knowledge

Test your knowledge of Arsenal with Dan Mountney's special quiz. PICTURE: Liam Brady, the subject of question number seven. CREDIT: OFFSIDE


 

QUESTIONS

1) Who is Arsenal's club-record signing?

2) Arsenal broke the British transfer record when they signed Alan Ball from Everton in December 1971. How much did they pay?

3) Arsenal broke the record fee for a trainee when they signed 15-year-old Jermaine Pennant for £2m. Who did they buy him from?

4) Who did Arsenal sell David Rocastle to in 1992?

5) Which Brazilian club did Arsenal sign Gilberto Silva from in the summer of 2002? 

6) What did Herbert Chapman reportedly do to get a cheaper deal when signing David Jack from Bolton Wanderers in 1928? 

7) Liam Brady left Arsenal in 1980 in a deal worth just over £500,000 from Juventus, also appearing for Sampdoria and Inter Milan, but which Italian side was the last team he played for in Serie A? 

8) What was strange about Clive Allen's £1.25m move to Arsenal from QPR in 1980?  

9) Arsenal signed Abou Diaby, Bacary Sagna and Yaya Sanogo from which French club? 

10) In 1992, Arsenal boss George Graham let a young striker leave the club. He would go on to score more than 100 Premier League goals, but who was it? 

11) Who was Unai Emery's first signing as Arsenal manager in the summer of 2018? 

12) According to Arsenal legend Ray Parlour, what did Kolo Toure do during his trial before the club signed him in 2002?  

13) Davor Suker left Arsenal in 2000 after just one season at Highbury. Which Premier League club did he join? 

14) Who was Arsenal's first signing of the 21st century?

15) In 2001, Arsenal failed in a bid to sign Brazilian maestro Ronaldinho from Gremio, but why did the move fall through? 

ANSWERS

1) Nicolas Pepe

2) £220,000

3) Notts County

4) Leeds United

5) Atletico Mineiro 

6) Got Bolton's representatives drunk during negotiations

7) Ascoli

8) He never played a competitive game for Arsenal

9) Auxerre

10) Andy Cole

11) Stephan Lichtsteiner

12) Almost injured Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Arsene Wenger in training

13) West Ham United

14) Lauren

15) He failed to gain a work permit


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