Martin Zubimendi, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Nørgaard, and Cristhian Mosquera are all anticipated to join Arsenal ahead of the new season.
Whilst most of these deals are virtually done and dusted, the spotlight now shifts to the main agenda of the summer, strengthening the attack.
Refreshing the attack is a top priority
Some Gooners remain convinced that with a more clinical front line last season, Arsenal would have secured league glory with relative ease.
With reliable goal output, assuming no injuries to Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka, half of those 14 draws could turn into wins.
A striker and a left winger are expected to be signed.
But what if sporting director Andrea Berta decides that is not quite enough and opts to add a right winger into the mix?
Ethan Nwaneri deputised admirably on the right flank, but he is widely viewed as more effective through the middle.
Reports suggest Mikel Arteta intends to use him more centrally next season.
Even though Arsenal would be in a strong position with a striker and left winger added, bringing in a capable right winger to support Saka could prove a masterstroke, especially if injury strikes the Hale End graduate.
Elliott: the ideal Saka deputy
If Arsenal do go searching for a right-wing option, they need not look further than Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott.
The England U21 international is expected to leave Anfield this summer, with a £40 million price tag placed on his head, as per the DailyMail.
With the creative load heavily falling on Saka and Martin Ødegaard, Elliott could help lighten that burden, and he is more than capable of doing so.
This was evident at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he played a key role in England’s U21 European glory. Nwaneri returns to Arsenal with Gold after England U21 success!
He scored four goals in five matches, including a mesmerising solo effort against the Netherlands, weaving through defenders before calmly slotting home into the bottom corner, a goal that effectively booked England’s place in the final.
With the likes of Luis Díaz, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, and now Florian Wirtz ahead of him in the Liverpool pecking order, Elliott may well be tempted to move on.
At 22, he represents a wise investment that Arsenal can comfortably afford.
Crowned the 2025 U21 Euros Player of the Tournament, Elliott could be the perfect use of funds should Gabriel Martinelli, persistently linked with a move away, depart.
Surely, if you are an ambitious Premier League side, Harvey Elliott is a transfer opportunity simply too good to ignore.
What do you think, Gooners?
Daniel O
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James McAtee would be a better option
We must have watched different tournaments.
He a good young player. But we also have good younger player of our own. Why spend on him when we can just give chance to our own younger players
Agreed. Though he is a good player, so in the unlikely event we did go for him (or another player) for that position, and Liverpool was willing to sell him to us, I wouldn’t hate it. We’ve needed cover for Saka for years. Nwaneri is excellent though and has a bright future at Arsenal, so at this point, I can’t see why we’d spend any funds on Harvey.
If it is true that he wants to move on, it’s surely so that he can hold down a starting spot. As talented as he is, he won’t play ahead of Saka.
So I don’t see any fruition to this.
I can see him moving to a team like Spurs/United if anything.
This is all getting a little silly, isn’t it. You can usually tell when it’s a slow-news summer in the transfer window when almost every player who may be available is linked to, in this case, Arsenal. How many players is it now?
Just 3,472 players. It’s fewer than. the army at Chelsea.
And it’s good to have them as FIFA may decide to increase the number of players who can start a game of football. In such case, they would come in handy
Ah, ha. There’s method in the madness after all.
Haha. Wouldn’t put it past them!
Stuff and nonsense. Everything I’ve seen of Elliot suggests, Water Carrier. We have enough of those. What we need is class, style and finish.
Agreed
I watched some of Nwaneri in the U21 tourney and he hasn’t done anything to make me think he is a better CAM than RW. If anything, deputising for Saka during his injury spell demonstrated exactly what he can do out on the wing. I’d like to see him given time at LW instead of Trossard but that is unlikely to happen.
Harvey Elliot is going to be a proper player and is too good to be a deputy imo. At Liverpool he has Salah in front of him, so it is understandable his game time is limited but I genuinely thought he was the long term replacement for Salah.
In any case, there is absolutely no chance of him ever coming to Arsenal and I don’t expect that to ever even be a real thing. He’s not better than Saka or Odegaard, so he would be swapping one bench for another.
Liverpool won’t sell him to a fellow title contender. On to the next story.
Are we title contenders?
Coming second in the last three seasons, and leading in two of those at points, would suggest to any reasonable mind and especially with a few more good attackers, we’re certainly up there somewhere.