Gabriel: Why it just had to be Arsenal for me | OneFootball

Gabriel says he didn't think twice once Arsenal made their interest known over the summer.

While still with Lille, Gabriel was also linked with Manchester United before making the move to Arsenal, and says that once the Gunners were interested, he knew where the next step in his career lay.

“I was trying not to hear too much about transfer speculation because you always end up thinking about everything that's going on," Gabriel told Arsenal Player.

"After Arsenal came into the equation, he told me about other clubs that were interested, but I chose Arsenal because it was a dream for me. It's a club that I really like and always watched on TV, with fantastic history.

"Arsenal is a huge club, one of the biggest in the world, and I told my agent from the start that if Arsenal came in for me, I wanted to wear the shirt, play at the stadium and feel the fans' support because it's a club I've always watched.

"I'm now very pleased to be here today alongside top players. It's a childhood dream of mine."