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Nacho Monreal  A Look Back At The Rise Of This Spaniard For all the compliments directed towards Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, there is another member of this Arsenal team who has quickly become a crowd favorite and that is Nacho Monreal. The Spaniard has been in top form this season, producing consistent displays week in week out which has propelled Arsenal to the top this season. Monreal joined the Gunners in January 2013 from La Liga side Malaga for a fee of £8.3m. Initially, the 29 year old, struggled to adapt to the speed of the Premier League and often found himself playing second fiddle to Kieran Gibbs. However, he has turned things around in the last season-and-a-half and has become an integral part of the north Londoners’ starting XI. Arsenal recently confirmed that left-back Nacho Monreal has penned a new long-term deal with the Premier League leaders. The news was welcomed with cheers amongst the Gunner faithfuls with many believing he is criminally underrat...