Financially speaking, it looks like a brilliant move on the part of the North Londoners, because rumor has it that they will only be covering £100k of the Englishman's £325k weekly salary, with the Blues covering the remaining sum. The reason the Gunners seem to have gotten such a good deal in this regard seems to be that the Pensioners have been looking for a way to get him out of the club for the remainder of the campaign after the player's statement ahead of the West Londoners' opening game of the season a few weeks ago and the fallout that followed. This has presented Edu Gaspar and Co. with a fantastic market opportunity.

But more than just the money might make this a great deal for the Premier League runners-up from the previous season since the former Manchester City star is a wonderful player when he plays at his best.

For instance, he made 339 appearances for City scored 131 goals, and contributed 73 assists, which works out to a goal participation rate of once per 1.66 games. This is an impressive feat given that he accomplished this during a seven-season span.

Furthermore, despite not playing at the highest level at Stamford Bridge, he has still managed to score 19 goals and dish out 12 assists in 81 games, which translates to an average of one goal per 2.61 games, which isn't too awful.