At Arsenal, Timber becomes the tenth Dutchman. The first was Gerrit Keizer, who already joined the London club in 1930. This was followed by Glenn Helder, Dennis Bergkamp, Marc Overmars, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Robin van Persie. The less well-known Quincy Owusu Abeyie, Oguzhan Özyakup and Nacer Barazite, who later also played for FC Utrecht, were also under contract with Arsenal.