Every German to play for Arsenal – ranked

10. Thomas Eisfeld

Eisfeld honed his craft at Borussia Dortmund’s academy before joining the Gunners’ reserve squad in 2012.

The versatile playmaker’s form for the reserves earned him a couple of appearances for Arsene Wenger’s first team, but he never notched a single Premier League minute and left the club two years after his arrival.

9. Serge Gnabry

Gnabry should probably be a little higher on this list, but he’s all the way done at #9 because of what he became after he left the Emirates. The academy graduate scored once in 18 appearances for Arsenal and struggled mightily on loan at West Brom, where he never saw eye-to-eye with manager Tony Pulis.

It wasn’t until he returned to Germany that Gnabry started to realise his potential. He showed promise at Werder Bremen before benefitting hugely from Julian Nagelsmann’s coaching at Hoffenheim, eventually earning a move to Bayern Munich.

While the destructive winger has gone a little off the boil over the past 18 months, Gnabry remains one of the most sought-after players at his position and has won the lot in Bavaria. His world-beating form of 2019/20 helped Die Roten to another treble.

8. Alberto Mendez

Mendez, the first German to represent the club, spent five years at Arsenal yet only made 11 appearances for the club as he enjoyed several loan spells elsewhere.

The creative midfielder scored on his Gunners debut in a League Cup clash against Birmingham in October 1997, but did little else in an Arsenal shirt.

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