The Gunners performed well in Europe, but their domestic form has been a major disappointment. After running Manchester City close in consecutive Premier League seasons, they haven’t got near this year’s champions, Liverpool.
Here’s how Arsenal’s summer is shaping up.
That Arsenal are actively targeting a new striker is the worst-kept secret in English football. A lack of firepower has cost Arteta’s side time and again, including in the semi-final loss to PSG.
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Isak is prohibitively expensive and Newcastle are guaranteed to be hostile sellers; Gyokeres has been prolific at Sporting Lisbon and has experience of the English game, albeit in the second-tier; he also turns 27 in June, and a move for him carries an element of risk. Darwin Nunez also scored for fun in Portugal.
A former basketball prodigy, Sesko is tall, robust and mobile, a fine finisher who packs a vicious shot from outside the box. He’s scored 21 goals for an average RB Leipzig team this season and, at 21 (22 by the end of the month), has plenty of room for improvement.
A deal that looks likely to happen and a coup if it does, given Liverpool were very keen on taking Zubimendi from Real Sociedad last summer.
The last few months have proven beyond doubt that Declan Rice’s best position is as a No 8 and Arsenal need a new screener to sit behind him with Jorginho set to depart and Thomas Partey yet to commit to a new deal.
Arsenal’s strange reluctance to splash the cash on their attack is not limited to the centre forward position. They have only bought two wingers – Leandro Trossard and Marquinhos – during the Arteta era. Raheem Sterling has been a disastrous loan signing.
Williams is a match-winner (Photo: AP)Williams has provided five goals and assists apiece in La Liga (in 21 starts) this season and, as showcased in Germany last summer, can be a match-winning attacker on his day.
The type of player that Arsene Wenger would have been all over circa 2008.
Martin Odegaard’s form and influence have declined dramatically, partly because he plays virtually every game, given the lack of alternatives in the squad.
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Raya won his battle against Aaron Ramsdale but would benefit from more competition next season with Neto signed as a stop-gap this season.
Who should they sell?
Jakub Kiwior
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The Pole has proven himself a fine backup but is unlikely to be content with dropping back down to the bench when Gabriel is fit again.
Oleksandr Zinchenko
With Myles Lewis-Skelly, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber all ahead of him in the left-back pecking order, there’s no real need to keep the Ukrainian around.
As above. Jesus hit the ground running in north London after arriving the same summer as Zinchenko, but has only sporadically looked like the solution to their striker issues.
Currently sidelined with an ACL injury sustained in January, Jesus is unlikely to go anywhere soon, but suitors should be sounded out ahead of next January if not the following summer.
A recent purple patch has swelled Trossard’s numbers in what has largely been a pretty underwhelming campaign.
If Arsenal do spend big on a game-changing winger, they may well be tempted to cash in on the 30-year-old while there is Saudi interest.
Simply too injury-prone to be relied upon. The Japanese defender has only played 84 times across four seasons, making just a solitary appearance in 2024-25.
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