Arsenal Transfer News: Showcasing Best Moves Gunners Made This Transfer Window

Arsenal lost two phenomenal talents this summer but also added a trio of stars. 

While the Robin van Persie and Alex Song era in Holloway comes to an end, a new one begins with three young talents in Olivier Giroud, Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla. 

Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has come under fire for the club's lack of movement at the end of the transfer window on Friday, but that doesn't change the fact that Arsenal have made some moves worth showcasing.

Let's begin. 

Olivier Giroud

The youngest of Arsenal's top additions this summer is French forward Olivier Giroud. 

Before joining the Gunners in 2012, Giroud had played most of his football with French club Montpellier, where he scored 33 goals in 71 league appearances.

Giroud is a supreme goal scorer that will help Arsenal fill the void left by the departure of van Persie this summer. 

There will be an adjusting period that will need to take place in order for Giroud to adapt to the pace of the English Premier League, but there is no denying that the potential for success is there.

Giroud has five shots in two matches with Arsenal this season. 

Lukas Podolski

German striker Lukas Podolski comes over from FC Koln, where he has played since 2009. Podolski, 27, scored 33 goals in just 88 appearances for the club in the Bundesliga. 

The new Arsenal forward has proved to be an extremely threatening goal scorer on the international level, where he has 44 goals in 101 appearances for the German national team. But, Wenger is hoping that he can hit his stride at Emirates. 

Arsenal and Podolski joined forces back in late April. He has four shots in two EPL appearances for Arsenal thus far in 2012-13 but has yet to score. 

Santi Cazorla

The 27-year-old Spanish winger was one of the top acquisitions Arsenal made this summer. Cazorla excelled playing with Malaga and Villarreal in seasons past and shows great promise playing under Wenger at Emirates.

Liverpool defender Jose Enrique described Cazorla as "a great player and one of the best," according to Liverpool's official website.

Cazorla scored nine goals in La Liga last season with Malaga, and the Gunners were able to get him at a bargain, settling on £16 million.

Cazorla has international experience playing for the Spanish national team since 2008 as well, which makes him all the more exciting as an addition. 

The Spanish star has made an impact already.

He has 10 shots, including three on-goal in two EPL appearances for the Gunners in 2012-13. 

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