1,2,3 and we’re off! Arsenal transfer action goes full throttle with Mkhitaryan

With one Arsenal transfer already signed, sealed and delivered before the dust has even settled on the Premier League season, and with one of the stars of that season Jamie Vardy apparently close to joining Granit Xhaka at his new club, Arsenal fans are already enjoying this current transfer window a lot more than usual.

But hang on to your hats Gooners, because the transfer action of Arsene Wenger could well be about to get silly and go into serious overdrive, if the Metro report suggesting that the Borussia Dortmund and Armenia international midfield star Henrikh Mkhitaryan could make it three big name players signing for Arsenal in super quick time.

The lightning fast, talented and highly sought after 27-year old was being linked very heavily in the football media with a move to our EPL rivals Chelsea, but this new report claims that the player himself has let it be known that he would really prefer a move to Arsenal.

Mkhitaryan has apparently made it clear that he will not be signing an extension to his current contract with Dortmund, and with only a year left to go on that it means that the Bundesliga club will have little option but to accept an offer for their star this summer if they are to get any sort of half decent financial return on him.

That sounds like the sort of transfer deal that would have the careful and astute Arsene Wenger rubbing his hands together, and he is the sort of player that almost any manager would love to have in their side, with 11 league goals and 15 assists to his name last season.

So cross your fingers that Mkhitaryan is about to become the 3rd Arsenal signing in what is shaping up to be the sort of transfer summer that we have been dreaming of for years.

Bob