The European transfer window has now closed and managers can relax knowing that there will be no more disruptions to their plans going forward, well, for four months anyway.
At the beginning of the summer transfer window, there was an air of desperation hovering over Arsenal, there was speculation of a limited budget and optimism was at an all-time low.
By the time the English window closed, there was a complete turnaround in the mood and atmosphere surrounding the club and that was because of the brilliant business that the club had accomplished.
And it was not just players that Arsenal bought but also the players that were offloaded and the European transfer window, which closed yesterday, allowed the club to discard more fringe players.
Here is a complete list of the ins and outs this summer.
In
Nicolas Pépé – Lille £72.00m
William Saliba – AS Saint-Étienne
Kieran Tierney – Celtic
David Luiz – Chelsea
Gabriel Martinelli – Ituano
Loan
Dani Ceballos Real Madrid
Out
Alex Iwobi – Everton
Krystian Bielik – Derby County
Laurent Koscielny – Bordeaux
David Ospina – Napoli
Carl Jenkinson – Nottm Forest
Takuma Asano – Partizan Belgrade
Nacho Monreal – Real Sociedad
Stephan Lichtsteiner – FC Augsburg Free Transfer
Aaron Ramsey – Juventus Free Transfer
Danny Welbeck – Watford Free Transfer
Cohen Bramall – Free Transfer
Loaned out
Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Roma
William Saliba – AS Saint-Étienne
Dejan Iliev – SKF Sered
Eddie Nketiah – Leeds United
Mohamed Elneny – Besiktas
Retired
Petr Cech
If you would have shown me that list before the transfer window opened I would have thought you had lost your senses. I will freely admit that I will no longer make any assumptions until the fat lady sings because if there is one thing that this transfer window has shown me, is be prepared to be surprised.