Arsenal‘s transfer dealings have been praised under Mikel Arteta but it hasn’t always been this way at the Emirates – as this list of players signed by Sven Mislintat demonstrates.
Mislintat was the head of Arsenal’s recruitment from December 2017 to February 2019 and signed eight players during that time.
While the former Borussia Dortmund head scout was only at Arsenal for a little over a year, he spanned one of the most important periods of the team’s evolution, arriving in Arsene Wenger’s final season and helping oversee Unai Emery’s first few months in charge.
Mislintat has since departed Arsenal, and, while many have criticised his transfer dealings, he staunchly defended all of his transfers in an interview with The Athletic in 2021.
“To be quite clear: I don’t feel ashamed of any of those transfers, on the contrary, I will always defend these guys. Not because they were my players but because they were Arsenal players and capable ones,” he proclaimed.
But we’ve looked at the eight players Mislintat signed and subsequently sold for less than they were bought for during his time at the Emirates.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Aubameyang cost Arsenal £56million from Borussia Dortmund in 2018 and scored 92 goals in 163 appearances for the Gunners.
But his form dipped significantly during his latter months at the Emirates and, after falling out with Mikel Arteta and being stripped of the captaincy, the Gabon international was allowed to join Barcelona for free in January 2022.
Arsenal will argue that Aubameyang’s goals were worth the money but it’s still a £56million loss on the balance sheet.
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Dinos Mavropanos
Costing only £2million in January 2018, Mavropanos made just eight appearances for Arsenal before being sent on loan to Stuttgart.
The Greece international has now made a permanent move to Germany following their successful battle against relegation from the Bundesliga last season.
Arsenal received around £3.5million for the defender, making him one of two Milslintat signings they’ve turned a profit on.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Mkhitaryan’s move to Arsenal, with Alexis Sanchez joining Manchester United in return, must go down as one of the worst swap deals in football history.
Across a little over 18 months at the club, the midfielder provided just eight goals and eight assists in 39 league appearances.
Given his hefty wage, it was an…
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