Arsenal have completed the signing of Mohamed Elneny from Basel, according to manager Arsene Wenger.

The 23-year-old midfielder arrives at the Emirates for a fee of around £7 million and could be in contention for the Gunners next game away to Stoke on Sunday.

Speaking after his side's 3-3 draw with Liverpool Wenger confirmed that the club had completed the signing of their first player in the January transfer window.

"Elneny will of course join us. He has joined us," said Wenger. "We will see if he can qualify for Sunday."

Liverpool vs Arsenal - player ratings 22 show all Liverpool vs Arsenal - player ratings 1/22 Simon Mignolet: 5 Calamitous as he so often is in the most important games. Could have done much better with the first two goals and rarely seemed to inspire confidence. 2015 Liverpool FC 2/22 Nathaniel Clyne: 4 Theo Walcott was invariably going to cut in from the left, so why did Clyne so rarely follow him? A good defender would look to cut off that option but surely even an adequate one might try to stick with him? Not Clyne though. 3/22 Kolo Toure: 5 Time and again he was outmuscled by the effervescent Giroud, on whom he simply could not lay a finger. The way in which the Arsenal striker turned him for his side’s third typified his display. 4/22 Mamadou Sakho: 5 Sakho managed to produce his best and worst moments in a Liverpool shirt throughout this game, sometimes even in the same minute. Seconds after clearing the ball off the line he was easily outmuscled by Giroud, who made it 2-2. 2015 Liverpool FC 5/22 Alberto Moreno: 5 In an attacking sense there was much to like about Moreno’s energy and drive but he failed to get to grips with Campbell, who rarely seemed under any pressure when he had the ball. 2016 Getty Images 6/22 Jordan Henderson: 6 One of the Liverpool players for whom this game came too soon in terms of fitness. He was unable to stamp any authority on the game in an attacking sense though he may well have been his side’s best defender by virtue of actually making a tackle. 2016 Getty Images 7/22 Emre Can: 8 Everything good about Liverpool seemed to have Can’s fingerprints on it, from Firmino’s opener onwards. He picked the right pass time and again, setting the tone for his side’s attacks 2015 Liverpool FC 8/22 James Milner: 6 A perfectly acceptable display from Milner, who fulfilled his role of moving the ball on to the attacking players quickly and accurately. The two occasions the midfielder were dispossessed, though, were critical for his side.



Benteke: 5

Had his chances when he came off the bench but never tested the keeper with any ferocious efforts. 9/22 Jordon Ibe: 7 Few players have given Monreal, the league’s best left-back, the marmalising Ibe inflicted. Time and again he got beyond his man and delivered tempting crosses. He did not have it quite as much his own way in the second period but he had already made a big impression. 10/22 Adam Lallana: 6 Certainly looks a much better player under Klopp than he did with the previous regime and some of his touches, particularly a gorgeous backheel to Milner, brought beautiful flashes to the contest. But it was just flashes; yet again he failed to define the game. 2016 Liverpool FC 11/22 Roberto Firmino: 7 He certainly raises his game for the big teams. His first was a poacher’s finish Benteke would have done well to reproduce, his gorgeous curling second few could have. He could have had a third in the first half and faded in the second, but he’d already made an excellent impression. Like Lallana though, he must make it last 90 minutes. 2016 Getty Images 12/22 Petr Cech: 6 A keeper of his quality could, and should, have done much better with Can’s early effort. It rasped Cech’s palms but did not need to go straight to Firmino. The keeper could of course do nothing about the second and after the opener was as reliable as ever. 2015 Getty Images 13/22 Hector Bellerin: 6 A quiet first half that was mostly spent trying to repel but his attacking drive got Arsenal’s third almost out of nothing. Too often the likes of Lallana managed to exploit space behind him. 14/22 Per Mertesacker: 6 For 75 minutes Mertesacker struggled to make an impact on the game but in the driving rain of the final minutes he was a colossus, diving in to stop chance after chance. 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 15/22 Laurent Koscielny: 6 Dealt very well with the muscularity of Benteke in the closing stages and scarcely put a foot wrong throughout, often cleaning up well if his team-mates let a ball through. 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 16/22 Nacho Monreal: 6 Struggled for much of the match with the excellent Ibe, but never stopped competing for the ball, making several crucial interventions at the back post. 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 17/22 Aaron Ramsey: 6 In an attacking sense this was an exemplary performance, grabbing a goal and an assist – and it could have been more. Too often he was careless and unreliable defensively, giving the ball away in his own half or clearing to no-one. 18/22 Matheiu Flamini: 4 As Liverpool broke regularly with pace and drive one kept thinking ‘where is Flamini’? Nowhere to be found. He may have made his fair share of tackles but he was still far too often at fault when Firmino and company found space outside the area. In the 50th minute he was spotted pressing Simon Mignolet. Is that what he’s in the side for? 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 19/22 Joel Campbell: 7 Wenger backed his winger as a man for the critical occasions ahead of the game, and he proved just why tonight. A magnificent assist for Ramsey and a crucial role in the third were the key moments in another superb display. 2016 Getty Images 20/22 Mesut Ozil: 6 How bizarre that in a game defined by attacking brilliance he was so peripheral for so long. There were of course brilliant touches and the odd pass that nearly paid off but nothing to change the course of the match. 21/22 Theo Walcott: 6 Really should have booted the ball away in the buildup to Liverpool’s first but things got much better after his calamitous start, with his direct running at his opponents creating plenty of chances, particularly in the second period. 22/22 Olivier Giroud: 8 Showed remarkable gumption to not just continue after what seemed a worrying early head injury but to keep competing for balls. Converted with ease to make it 2-2 and scored a goal as great as Firmino’s to make it 3-2. We’ll just forget that missed sitter shall we? 1/22 Simon Mignolet: 5 Calamitous as he so often is in the most important games. Could have done much better with the first two goals and rarely seemed to inspire confidence. 2015 Liverpool FC 2/22 Nathaniel Clyne: 4 Theo Walcott was invariably going to cut in from the left, so why did Clyne so rarely follow him? A good defender would look to cut off that option but surely even an adequate one might try to stick with him? Not Clyne though. 3/22 Kolo Toure: 5 Time and again he was outmuscled by the effervescent Giroud, on whom he simply could not lay a finger. The way in which the Arsenal striker turned him for his side’s third typified his display. 4/22 Mamadou Sakho: 5 Sakho managed to produce his best and worst moments in a Liverpool shirt throughout this game, sometimes even in the same minute. Seconds after clearing the ball off the line he was easily outmuscled by Giroud, who made it 2-2. 2015 Liverpool FC 5/22 Alberto Moreno: 5 In an attacking sense there was much to like about Moreno’s energy and drive but he failed to get to grips with Campbell, who rarely seemed under any pressure when he had the ball. 2016 Getty Images 6/22 Jordan Henderson: 6 One of the Liverpool players for whom this game came too soon in terms of fitness. He was unable to stamp any authority on the game in an attacking sense though he may well have been his side’s best defender by virtue of actually making a tackle. 2016 Getty Images 7/22 Emre Can: 8 Everything good about Liverpool seemed to have Can’s fingerprints on it, from Firmino’s opener onwards. He picked the right pass time and again, setting the tone for his side’s attacks 2015 Liverpool FC 8/22 James Milner: 6 A perfectly acceptable display from Milner, who fulfilled his role of moving the ball on to the attacking players quickly and accurately. The two occasions the midfielder were dispossessed, though, were critical for his side.



Benteke: 5

Had his chances when he came off the bench but never tested the keeper with any ferocious efforts. 9/22 Jordon Ibe: 7 Few players have given Monreal, the league’s best left-back, the marmalising Ibe inflicted. Time and again he got beyond his man and delivered tempting crosses. He did not have it quite as much his own way in the second period but he had already made a big impression. 10/22 Adam Lallana: 6 Certainly looks a much better player under Klopp than he did with the previous regime and some of his touches, particularly a gorgeous backheel to Milner, brought beautiful flashes to the contest. But it was just flashes; yet again he failed to define the game. 2016 Liverpool FC 11/22 Roberto Firmino: 7 He certainly raises his game for the big teams. His first was a poacher’s finish Benteke would have done well to reproduce, his gorgeous curling second few could have. He could have had a third in the first half and faded in the second, but he’d already made an excellent impression. Like Lallana though, he must make it last 90 minutes. 2016 Getty Images 12/22 Petr Cech: 6 A keeper of his quality could, and should, have done much better with Can’s early effort. It rasped Cech’s palms but did not need to go straight to Firmino. The keeper could of course do nothing about the second and after the opener was as reliable as ever. 2015 Getty Images 13/22 Hector Bellerin: 6 A quiet first half that was mostly spent trying to repel but his attacking drive got Arsenal’s third almost out of nothing. Too often the likes of Lallana managed to exploit space behind him. 14/22 Per Mertesacker: 6 For 75 minutes Mertesacker struggled to make an impact on the game but in the driving rain of the final minutes he was a colossus, diving in to stop chance after chance. 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 15/22 Laurent Koscielny: 6 Dealt very well with the muscularity of Benteke in the closing stages and scarcely put a foot wrong throughout, often cleaning up well if his team-mates let a ball through. 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 16/22 Nacho Monreal: 6 Struggled for much of the match with the excellent Ibe, but never stopped competing for the ball, making several crucial interventions at the back post. 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 17/22 Aaron Ramsey: 6 In an attacking sense this was an exemplary performance, grabbing a goal and an assist – and it could have been more. Too often he was careless and unreliable defensively, giving the ball away in his own half or clearing to no-one. 18/22 Matheiu Flamini: 4 As Liverpool broke regularly with pace and drive one kept thinking ‘where is Flamini’? Nowhere to be found. He may have made his fair share of tackles but he was still far too often at fault when Firmino and company found space outside the area. In the 50th minute he was spotted pressing Simon Mignolet. Is that what he’s in the side for? 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 19/22 Joel Campbell: 7 Wenger backed his winger as a man for the critical occasions ahead of the game, and he proved just why tonight. A magnificent assist for Ramsey and a crucial role in the third were the key moments in another superb display. 2016 Getty Images 20/22 Mesut Ozil: 6 How bizarre that in a game defined by attacking brilliance he was so peripheral for so long. There were of course brilliant touches and the odd pass that nearly paid off but nothing to change the course of the match. 21/22 Theo Walcott: 6 Really should have booted the ball away in the buildup to Liverpool’s first but things got much better after his calamitous start, with his direct running at his opponents creating plenty of chances, particularly in the second period. 22/22 Olivier Giroud: 8 Showed remarkable gumption to not just continue after what seemed a worrying early head injury but to keep competing for balls. Converted with ease to make it 2-2 and scored a goal as great as Firmino’s to make it 3-2. We’ll just forget that missed sitter shall we?

A deal had been in place between Arsenal and Basel for several days but was delayed as the club looked to secure a work-permit and visa for their new signing.

Egyptian international Elneny made 26 appearances for Basel this season, weighing in with six goals from a deep-lying position. Over three seasons with the Swiss giants he has won the Super League every season.

Elneny fills the defensive midfield role that Arsenal have been crying out for in the absence of Francis Coquelin, with young centre-back Calum Chambers drafted into the role of backup for Mathieu Flamini.