Mertesacker: I am struggling to settle at Arsenal

Friday 07 October 2011 00:00 BST

Mertesacker is still adapting to life in London (GETTY IMAGES)

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Per Mertesacker has admitted he is still having communication problems at Arsenal, having arrived at the end of the transfer window.

"I've only been gone a month from Germany. I have not yet properly acclimatised," he said. "I have been living in England since September, but it doesn't feel like home. I don't have my own house or flat. I still have communication problems, but given the circumstances this is inevitable."

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