Complex sentence: Squillaci joined Arsenal on a three-year contract in the summer of 2010 for a fee believed to be around £4 million, taking the number 18 shirt, previously held by fellow French ex-Arsenal centre backs Mikaël Silvestre and Pascal Cygan.
Split into simpler sentences: Squillaci joined Arsenal on a three-year contract in the summer of 2010 for a fee believed to be around £4 million. He took the number 18 shirt, previously held by fellow French ex-Arsenal centre backs Mikaël Silvestre and Pascal Cygan.