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The Record Blowing Transfer Window
An absolutely insane transfer window which saw English Premier League clubs spend as much as La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and Serie A combined!
Arsenal
Ins
Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City
Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City
Fabio Vieira from Porto
Matt Turner from New England Revolution
Marquinhos from Sao Paulo
Once again the Gunners have invested heavily in an attempt to return to the top 4. The question is whether this level of investment is sustainable in the long term? It seems unlikely, at some point it is going to affect their ability to spend in the future. They do still look in need of a bit more investment, despite the heavy spending, as their squad has some gaps that were not filled. That is the big worry, they have added to their large collection of attacking midfielders, but still lack a bit of strength in depth elsewhere on the pitch. Overall though, if you are an Arsenal fan you must be happy with the recruitment this summer.
Mark: B
Outs
Matteo Guendouzi to Marseille
Lucas Torreira to Galatasaray
Bernd Leno to Fulham
Konstantinos Mavropanos to VfB Stuttgart
Hector Bellerin to Barcelona
Alexandre Lacazette to Olympique Lyonnais
Nicolas Pepe to OGC Nice (loan)
Nuno Tavares to Olympique Marseille (loan)
Ainsley Maitland-Niles to Southampton (loan)
Pablo Mari to Monza (loan)
Auston Trusty to Birmingham City (loan)
Runar Alex Runarsson to Alanyaspor (loan)
An already threadbare squad has shed almost every experienced player it has. Not the worst thing for an inexperienced head coach to have a clearout to make life easier for him but that experience will be missed at times this season. The loan moves are a definite issue though. None of them seem designed to develop the players loaned out. They just seem to be a case of who wants them can have them. Southampton in particular looks a really bad move for a player to have them work in the confused mess of the Hasenhuttl reign. Mark: D
Overall: They are placing a lot of faith in Mikel Arteta with a massive turnover of players just because he has no idea how to man-manage the players that were there. That is fine in the short term, but it is not a sustainable policy in the long term if you are going to be successful against settled, high-quality Man City and Liverpool sides. Until they can build a settled squad, that is all pulling together, they are always going to be chasing. If your head coach is unable to man-manage a settled…
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