Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and technical director Edu will be making plans for what is shaping up to be yet another busy summer of transfer activity with plenty of incomings, as well as outgoings, expected.
Currently well placed to qualify for either the Champions League or Europa League, the Gunners boss is well aware that he will need a bigger squad in order to compete domestically and in Europe next season. But the Spaniard is confident he will be given funds to make the necessary improvements.
"I am expecting so, yes. I think both competitions [the Champions League and Europa League] require a much larger squad because the amount of games you play is much bigger in both, so I don’t think [which you qualify for] makes a lot of difference or changes a lot," he told reporters. "If you can financially afford it and we don’t have to do the turnaround in the squad that we’ve had to do, if you ask me what I want it’s 22 outfield players and three goalkeepers. You have to come a long way in the aspects that you see on the pitch, it’s a lot of things that have to be put in place, and that takes time."
