<!--Article Start--> <p style="text-align: justify">Arsenal FC have confirmed the signing of Polish youngster Krystian Bielik from Legia Warsaw for an undisclosed fee.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">17 year old Bielik played for the Polish cluba s first team for a total of 6 times, with one of the appearances in the Europa League. The fee, though undisclosed as is often the case with Arsenal, is believed to be around A?2.5 million.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Bielik is perhaps not the signing that Arsenal fans were looking for, even though he can play as a defensive midfielder as well as a central defender, areas where the gunners are severely lacking in numbers. Being of only 17 years, it is highly unlikely that he will start a game anytime soon, despite everyone calling him the next Patrick Viera.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">In fact, Bielik himself said that he wasna t ready for the first team yet. Talking about opting for Arsenal over Hamburg, he said, a First of all, because of Arsene Wenger. He is a legend, 'The Boss' as they call him at Arsenal.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">In Hamburg, the team has a very young coach and their target for this season is to avoid the relegation from Bundesliga. This also had an impact.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Yes, Hamburg coach [Josef] Zinnbauer assured me that in the new season he would be putting emphasis on the young players, but such plans could be risky. Things may go the wrong way.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Certainly it will be harder for me to get through at Arsenal. But if I succeed in three or four years, I will be at the footballing top.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"After all, this is one of the best clubs in Europe and certainly better than Hamburg.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"I'm going to London to fulfil my dreams. I want to prove to the manager that he did not make a mistake by signing me.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"But it does not mean that my goal is playing in the first team right away. I'm not ready yet."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">However, Arsene sought to play up the talent of Bielik, so far as suggesting that he is ready to go straight into the first team for Arsenal. The manager said, a Yes, he will go into the first-team squad. Hea s a defensive midfielder, 6ft 2, he has a good energy level and technical level.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Ita s a gamble but, on what we saw, ita s worth to take the gamble. Ita s an awful lot of money for a player if he doesna t succeed. If he does succeed, then ita s cheap.a </p> <p style="text-align: justify">Quite how this will play out will be interesting to see, though it is extremely difficult to see Bielik getting a chance any time soon ahead of the wealth of talent in midfield. The defence is an entirely different scene though!</p> <!--Article End-->