After signing Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City earlier this summer, Arsenal are on course to complete a fifth signing of the summer as a move for Man City LB Oleksandr Zinchenko inches closer to being finalized in a £30m agreement with the English Champions. Once the deal is announced officially, the Gunner’s familiar trend of spending at least £100m in the summer transfer window under the ownership of Kroenke will continue.
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As things stand, the North London club have already spent £82m on Marquinhos, Fabio Vieira, Turner and Gabriel Jesus and the figure will rise to £112m once Zinchenko £30m deal is finalized that exceeds the overall spending from the 2019 to 2021 summer transfer windows.
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Even without European football last season, there were times where inexperienced youngsters found themselves making up a large portion on the bench due to first-team absentees and Arteta knows that it could happen again if he wants his side to compete in all competitions.
The business done so far in the transfer window has certainly put Arsenal in a healthier position as has the return of several loanees. But despite all this, there still remains plenty to do.
After Arsenal defeated Everton in a pre-season friendly over the weekend, Arteta spoke about how he wants new signing Gabriel Jesus to develop as a center forward. This may very well mean that the Gunners will be after a winger for the remainder of the window. Arteta himself confirmed last week that he still wants to improve his squad for next season as he said, “We’re still hoping to improve the team and make a few more changes”
Fabrizio Romano, the transfer guru claimed that he expects the Gunners to make a move for a winger and also admitted that their technical director Edu is keeping a lid on who that will be. He said, “Edu loves to keep everything in a top-secret way as much as possible so we will see but I think they will go for a winger, they are looking for a winger”
[Featured Image Credit: Fabrizio Romano]
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