Arteta has 30 players who wish to be in his squad next season These 30 include:
Goalkeepers: Aaron Ramsdale, Alex Runarsson, Karl Hein and Matt Turner
Defenders: Cedric Soares, Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Jurrien Timber, Gabriel Magalhaes, Jakub Kiwior, William Saliba, Rob Holding, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Kieran Tierney.
Midfielders: Fabio Vieira, Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Martin Odegaard, Mohamed Elneny, Jorginho, Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard, Marquinhos, Reiss Nelson, Nicolas Pepe, Kai Havertz
Forwards: Gabriel Jesus, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli, and Folarin Balogun
As all these players seek to play a massive part for Arsenal next season, Arteta has a warning for some of them. The Spaniard has claimed that some of these players will have to go, as he feels the squad, as big as it is, is unbearable, and players need to make way for the other deals he wants to close.
“We have 30 players here, which is unsustainable, and obviously, the market is still open,” Arteta said, as per Sky Sports. “Things can happen, but we are prepared.
“We are really happy with the squad we have at the moment; we obviously have improvements to make in terms of what we want to do in games, and we have to do that. Overall, I’m really pleased with the team.”
It will be interesting to see which of the 30 players mentioned above will leave. Thomas Partey and Kieran Tierney, heavily linked with exits, look set to stay. That leaves Alex Runarsson, Folarin Balogun, Nicolas Pepe, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Rob Holding, and Marquinhos (who will probably leave on a loan deal) as prime candidates for exits.
And of course we are still hoping Arteta still has a few more deals coming in, so maybe more that a few of these will have to make way this summer,..
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No mention of nuno tavarez??or has he left already???
Vamos and even Arthur Okonkwo
Runarsson, Pepe, Soares and Sambi-Lokonga didn’t travel to the US, so I bet they got transfer-listed by Arsenal
We also haven’t seen Elneny and Tavares play in pre-season yet, so they could also get shipped out
Holding, Trusty, Tierney, Marquinhos, Nketiah and Balogun had limited game time in pre-season as compared to our main players, so we may hear some bids for them before the transfer window closes
We have a great squad capable of winning the league even after some reductions on the list.
The only thing missing and the difference between winning the league or not is a good striker. A traditional no 9.
The tactic of depending on the whole forward line for goals should be plan B and will be lethal as plan A with a traditional scorer.
Auson trusty too.
among this30 i thin pepe, cedric, runnarsson, holding n sambi should leave and i will b ok with the remaining
trusty, marquinos shud go on loan
Its actually 35 players strong when I did my counting, so a minimum of eleven players may needed to be shave off when you consider another player on the verge of joining Arsenal.
LOAN OUT:
Trusty, Marquinhos
SELL:
Pepe, Taveres, Lokonga, Bologun, Soares, Holding nd Runaarson!
The rest remaining make up the 25man strong needed to be registered I think.
COYG
We can actually do without the following: Turner, Runarsson, Soares, Jorginho, Lukonga, El Neny, Pepe and Jorginho. For good measure and to be frank I would add Nletish and Tavares in there.
Runnarson, Cedric, Pepe, Elneny, Holding, Tavares should be allowed to leave. Sambi and Marquinhos should be sent on loan.
It really does seem Charlie Patino’s time is up in Arsenal. He is a talented kid with a high bar. His contract should be extended and loaned out to a premiership team to gain experience and playing time.
Runnarson, Cedric, Holding, Tavares, Sambi, Nicholas Pepe and Nketiah could make way since they have all been tried but deemed surplus to requirements.
Marquinhos in my opinion is not yet ready and can benefit from another loan.
Arthur Okonkwo
Alex Runarsson
Cédric Soares
Auston Trusty
Nuno Tavares
Albert Sambi Lokonga
Nicolas Pepe
Rob Holding
Hein
Soares
Holding
Lokonga
Elneny
Pepe
Nkietia
Okwonko
Runarsson
Cedric
Holding
Trusty
Tavares
Lokonga
Elneny
Patino (loan)
Pepe
Marquinhos (loan)
Nketiah
You could read similar comments for other premier league clubs. The truth is getting rid of players you don’t want is hard. The premier league pays higher wages than anywhere else in Europe and a player can simply pick up his pay cheque until his contract runs out the leave on a free. But fans talk as if getting rid of surplus players was the easiest thing in the world.
Arteta and Edu will certainly know all the in-housed Gunners who will be the ones they want out permanently. And on loan out this summer when the time comes for doing that.
In the timebeing, my envisaged Arsenal’s 25 for next season’s campaign are:
Gks: Ramsdale, Turner & Hens.
RBs: White &Timber.
CBs: Saliba, Magalhaes, Kiwior & Trusty. Roving defender: Tomiyansu.
LBs: Zinchenko & Tierney.
Mids: Odegaard, Partey, Rice, Havertz, Saka, Nelson, Marquinhnos, Jorginho & ESR.
Forwards: GJesus, Martinelli, Nkethia & Balogun.
Those are 25 I’ve named.
So one or two of them will have to be moved out. If Arsenal will still sign one or two new players this summer.
Loan
Trusty
Marquinos
Sell immediately
Tavares
Pepe
Sambi lokonga
Holding
Cedric
Runnarson
1 Ramsdale – Keep
2 Saliba – Keep
3 Tierney – Keep
4 White – Keep
5 Partey – Keep
6 Gabriel – Keep
7 Saka – Keep
8 Odegaard – Keep
9 Jesus – Keep
10 Smith-Rowe – Keep
11 Martinelli – Keep
12 Timber – Keep
13 Runnarson – Sell
14 Nketiah – Sell
16 Holding – Sell
17 Cedric – Sell
18 Tomiyasu – Keep
19 Trossard – Keep
19 Pepe – Sell
20 Jorginho – Keep
20 Tavares – Sell
21 Fabio – Loan
23 Lokonga – Sell
24 Nelson – Sell
25 Elneny – Sell
26 Balogun – Keep
27 Marquinhos – Keep
29 Havertz – Keep
30 Turner – Keep
32 Trusty – Loan
35 Zinchenko – Keep
41 Rice – Keep
Predicted Arteta’s Team Final Choice
1 Ramsdale – Keep
2 Saliba – Keep
3 Tierney – Keep
4 White – Keep
5 Partey – Keep
6 Gabriel – Keep
7 Saka – Keep
8 Odegaard – Keep
9 Jesus – Keep
10 Smith-Rowe – Keep
11 Martinelli – Keep
12 Timber – Keep
13 Runnarson – Sell
14 Nketiah – Keep
16 Holding – Sell
17 Cedric – Sell
18 Tomiyasu – Keep
19 Trossard – Keep
19 Pepe – Sell
20 Jorginho – Keep
20 Tavares – Sell
21 Fabio – Keep
23 Lokonga – Sell
24 Nelson – Keep
25 Elneny – Keep
26 Balogun – Sell
27 Marquinhos – Loan
29 Havertz – Keep
30 Turner – Keep
32 Trusty – Loan
35 Zinchenko – Keep
41 Rice – Keep
1 Ramsdale
2 Saliba
3 Tierney
4 White
5 Partey
6 Gabriel
7 Saka
8 Odegaard
9 Jesus
10 Smith-Rowe
11 Martinelli
12 Timber
14 Nketiah
18 Tomiyasu
19 Trossard
20 Jorginho
21 Fabio
24 Nelson
25 Elneny
29 Havertz
30 Turner
35 Zinchenko
41 Rice
13 Runnarson – Sell
16 Holding – Sell
17 Cedric – Sell
19 Pepe – Sell
20 Tavares – Sell
23 Lokonga – Sell
26 Balogun – Sell
27 Marquinhos – Loan
32 Trusty – Loan
I forgot to add the important Trossard to my list of 25. Which should bring my final list to 26 names. But if Arsenal will still sign some more new players this summer, they will have to still move out some of the onground Gunners from my 26 to accommodate doing that
As I wished and predicted, Thomas Partey, Kieran Tierney, Mo Elneny, Rob Holding, The Smith, Reiss Nelson and Eddie Nketiah are staying. Aside from the obvious first teamers (10 first eleven last season plus 6 new recruits plus GK Matt Turner), I think the rest are dispensable. We will have 23 players including 2 GK.
Arteta and Edu have blotted the squad with unnecessary additions like Vieira, Jorginho and Kiwior. Kiwior is a good player but the question still remains was he a necessary addition when we had Tierney who could play in central defense sitting on the bench. The club need to bring enough youngsters from the juniors who can help the first team whilst on scholarship contracts. We bought Marquinhos who is a good prospect but we still have Pepe who can do a better job and could have helped us massively during the last season. We are overstocked in defense and attack. Hoping the club has a plan to release some of the players as we can end up like Chelsea and if the team doesn’t perform Arteta might be in a very difficult position.
Vamos and even Arthur Okonkwo