Top seventeen Arsenal signings in Arsene Wenger’s seventeen years in north London

13. Gilberto Silva

Arguably the last proper defensive midfielder to play for the Gunners, Brazil international Gilberto one of the only players in world football who was as good as Claude Makelele at the ‘Makelele role’. Wenger paid just £4.5m to sign Gilberto from Atletico Mineiro and he spent six successful years in North London, becoming a ket part of the ‘Invicibles’ team.