Eboue played in a pre-season game for the Gunners
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Arsenal have completed a deal for Ivory Coast international defender Emmanuel Eboue, who has joined from Belgian club Beveren for a reported £1.5m fee.
The 21-year-old agreed the move in November, and has now signed a five-year contract at Highbury.
"He's a multi-functional player. He normally plays centre-back, but he can play right-back or midfield," Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said last year.
Eboue had been with Beveren, who act as a feeder club for Arsenal, since 2002.
"In the summer he took part in some of Arsenal's preparatory matches and made quite an impression on Wenger," said a statement on Beveren's website.
"Arsenal had already tried to buy Hatem Trabelsi from Ajax, but the transfer had never been completed, so they decided to buy Eboue," it added.
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