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Matteo Guendouzi takes parting swipe at Arsenal as he finally completes £9m permanent transfer to Marseille
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MATTEO GUENDOUZI has had a dig at Arsenal after completing a permanent move to Marseille.
The midfielder, 22, joined the Ligue Un outfit on loan last summer and has made the 38 appearances required to activate a clause triggering a permanent stay.
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Arsenal will receive £9million from the deal with Guendouzi penning a three-year contract, according to .
And the Frenchman could not help but take a parting shot at The Gunners when his move was announced, claiming the decision to join Marseille was the best he ever made.
He told RMC: ";It was a carefully considered choice. There were very good discussions with the president, with the coach and people in my family.
"We really made the best decision altogether. For me, it's the best choice I've made in many years.
"President Longoria and coach Sampaoli are the people who introduced me to the project and made me want to come. We talked about Marseille's project, what I could bring to the team, how I was going to grow.
"I found myself in this speech, I knew that when I came here, I was going to cross levels and continue to grow, whether it was humanly or football-wise."
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Guendouzi was once a key part of Mikel Arteta's plans before the pair fell out for good following a game at Brighton.
The row began with a mid-season trip to UAE when Guendouzi reportedly involved in an altercation with a team-mate.
Director of Football Edu also had to warn him about his behaviour after another incident.
At Brighton Guendouzi taunted the Seagulls' players about their wages before grabbing Neal Maupay by the throat.
Guendouzi was then dropped by Arteta and frozen out for good, leading him to join Hertha Berlin on loan last season before the move to France.
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