Mikel Arteta believes Bruno Guimaraes can bring a new dimension to Arsenal after the Brazil international completed his move to the Premier League champions.

Guimaraes was introduced to Arsenal fans before Sunday’s 3-2 friendly defeat to Borussia Dortmund, following his reported £75 million ($101 million) transfer from Premier League rivals Newcastle.

The 28-year-old adds further quality and experience to an already impressive Arsenal midfield, which includes Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino, Martin Zubimendi and Eberechi Eze.

“You can see the immediate reaction,” Arteta told Arsenal’s official website after Guimaraes received a warm welcome from the supporters.

“I think he describes himself as a warrior,” the Spaniard added.

“I think he’s a warrior with tremendous quality as well, along with intuition, leadership and charisma that is going to help us. It’s going to really ignite something different in the team.

“I think he’s going to push everybody inside the team as well, and that’s the type of player that we need.”

After finishing as Premier League runners-up for three consecutive seasons, Arsenal finally ended their 22-year wait for the Premier League title last season. They also reached the finals of the Champions League and League Cup.

Guimaraes watched from the sidelines against Dortmund as Ethan Nwaneri scored for Arsenal, while Viktor Gyokeres converted a penalty. However, the Gunners were unable to avoid defeat at the Emirates Stadium.

Samuele Inacio, Konstantinos Karetsas and Joane Gadou were on target for the Bundesliga visitors.

“Well, (I’m) disappointed that we lost the game,” Arteta said after the match, which also saw captain Martin Odegaard make his first pre-season appearance following the World Cup.

“I think there were some poor moments where we were not recognisable, especially in set-pieces and defending actions and timings that we are normally very efficient in.”

Arsenal will now turn their attention to the Community Shield against Manchester City next weekend before beginning their Premier League title defence against newly promoted Coventry on August 21.