Transfer - Pedro

Arsenal have signed 17 year old left sided defender/forward Pedro from Figueirense in Brazil.

The player will join new signing Angel Di Maria at Salamanca in Spain following in the foot steps of Carlos Vela who played there last season in what has become an official "parking" relationship between the clubs.

The club said he will train with them, then spend two weeks at Arsenal before returning to Brazil until October. Then he will be Salamanca's player for the rest of the season.

Pedro, who can also play in attack, has already featured for the first-team of the Brazilian club.

Transfer - Angel Di Maria (£2m)

Arsenal Football Club have signed Argentinian forward Angel Di Maria from Rosario Central for an undisclosed sum (thought to be £3.5m-4m). The 19 year old is currently playing with Sergio Aguero for the Argentina Under 20s in the Fifa World Cup in Canada.

Gilles Grimaldi has been tracking the player for some time and it is thought that the left winger, nicknamed Angelito, will replace want away left side Jose Antonio Reyes. Inevitably the winger has been compared to Maradona. But then so has every young Argentinian forward for a generation.

Deportivo La Coruna were also interested in the player.