Arsenal announced the signing of Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid on this day in 2013 for a club-record fee of £43million. Premier League rivals Manchester United also completed a major new signing on transfer deadline day, confirming a £27.5million deal to land Marouane Fellaini from Everton. Ozil agreed a five-year deal and his fee comfortably surpassed Arsenal's previous transfer signing record of £15million, which they paid to Zenit St Petersburg for Andrey Arshavin in 2009. The deal made Ozil the most expensive German footballer at the time and was a sign of the Gunners' intent on challenging for the Premier League title under former manager Arsene Wenger. Ozil, who...
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