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CONFIRMED: Australian goalkeeper Mat Ryan has joined Arsenal on loan for the remainder of the season from Brighton & Hove Albion.

Technical director Edu said: “Mat is an experienced goalkeeper, a proven talent in the Premier League and has also played many internationals for Australia. Mat will further strengthen our squad with his experience and knowledge of playing at the highest level.

Edu: "Following Matt Macey’s recent move to Hibernian, Mat will provide very good competition and positive support to all our goalkeepers and we are looking forward to him integrating quickly into the set-up here at Arsenal.”

Mikel Arteta said: “He brings additional quality to our squad. Mat has very good Premier League experience and has played over 100 times in the league, which is something that will benefit us greatly on and off the pitch. We look forward to working with him this season.”

Maty Ryan on joining Arsenal: “There's still an aura of surrealness to it all, to be honest,” Ryan told http://Arsenal.com . “I’m really proud, it's great and it's hard to sort of put into words the emotions and feeling that this is becoming a reality."

Maty Ryan: “All those mornings as a young kid in Australia, getting up to watch the Champions League games. The support back in the Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp days, all these sorts of things, to now be here fills me with a great sense of pride and achievement."

Maty Ryan: “I’m just looking to do the best that I can for the club and represent the club in the best possible way and ultimately help the club to achieve more success.”

Martin Ødegaard has decided to join Arsenal over Real Sociedad on loan. The deal is expected to be completed in the coming hours. Arsenal and Real Madrid are in contact to reach the agreement.

Arteta spoke directly with the player - key factor. ( @FabrizioRomano)

Ødegaard was open to re-join Real Sociedad but Arsenal's bid ‘tempted’ him. Martin decided with his family to give priority to Arsenal. Arsenal are really ‘confident’. ( @FabrizioRomano)

Gunners technical director Edu had spoken with Odegaard's father Hans and agent Bjorn Tore Kvarme, while on-loan midfielder Dani Ceballos had also helped convinced the Norwegian to pick Arsenal over Real Sociedad where he spent part of last season on loan. ( @ChrisWheatley_)

Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil: “The possibility of Ødegaard returning here doesn't exist. He was really close, but when Arsenal joined the race and Arteta called him... Ødegaard changed his mind."

Real Madrid blocked Martin Odegaard's loan to Real Sociedad and want him to join Arsenal 'because of the style and because they believe he will play there regularly as well.' ( @GuillemBalague)

Arsenal are scouting and looking at a number of left-backs and are one of several Premier League sides watching Crystal Palace’s Tyrick Mitchell. ( @standardsport)

Arsenal are looking at a number of targets at Left-Back, but it is understood that Southampton's Ryan Bertrand is one player being monitored.

Bertrand is into the final six months of his contract with the Saints. ( @standardsport)

Arsenal have made contact with Ryan Bertrand's representatives about a possible switch to north London. Arsenal view the experienced Bertrand as an ideal candidate to potentially boost their options ahead of the second half of the campaign. ( @goal)

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta currently has no plans to send Calum Chambers out on loan before the transfer window shuts. ( @standardsport)

Arteta on Calum Chambers staying at Arsenal: “I don’t think that is going to happen. I am really happy with Calum. He has gone through a really difficult period. He has worked so hard. He has looked really good in the last few weeks in training.”

Arteta on Calum Chambers: “He is not even thinking about his knee right now. We want to give him minutes when we can because he is a player that we believe in.”

Arteta on winning the FA Cup in 2014: “As a group to deliver that to the club, and you could see the reaction of the fans on the parade the following day, and for Arsène [Wenger] as well I think it was a moment of gratitude from all the players towards him.

Arteta on winning the FA Cup in 2014: “The unity we created that year, everybody was putting pressure on and wanted to do it because it had been so long. We all wanted to do it for Arsène [Wenger] as well because he really protected all the players.

Folarin Balogun scored a hat-trick for the Arsenal U-23s tonight in a 5-0 win against Brighton

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