Arsenal fan strips down to his pants at Emirates Stadium to mark £35m Shkodran Mustafi transfer

Pants: Lewis Davey tweeted 'oh dear' when Arsenal's £35m deal for Mustafi was reported
@LewisDavey1
Standard Sport12 September 2016

An Arsenal fan has kept his Twitter promise after vowing to watch a game in his pants at Emirates Stadium if the club got Shkodran Mustafi over the line.

Mustafi had been linked with the Gunners for much of August after Arsene Wenger lost Per Mertesacker and Gabriel Paulista to injury, but the saga dragged on into the final days of the window and fans grew impatient.

Indeed, Wenger considered other options as the club were intially reluctant to meet Valencia's valuation for Mustafi and hopes of striking a deal for the Germany international started to fade in mid-August.

The uncertainty prompted supporter Lewis Davey to make a cheeky Twitter vow in the hope that it would somehow lead Arsenal to meet the asking price for Mustafi.

Davey tweeted on August 22: "If Arsenal land Mustafi I will watch a game at the Emirates in my pants. And not like Gary Lineker's #AFC."

And Arsenal announced the £35million signing of Mustafi on August 30 as Wenger splashed more than £50million in the hours before last month's deadline.

The 24-year-old was named in Wenger's starting XI against Southampton on Saturday as he made his Gunners bow and Davey was there to witness the debutant.

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"Oh dear," he tweeted when news of the deal surfaced last month. But the loyal Gunner stuck to his word and stripped down to his underpants, much to the joy of those running Arsenal's official Twitter account.

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