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Chris Davison

Arsenal look to repeat Martin Odegaard transfer masterstroke by signing £17m 'jewel'

The summer window may have only closed seventeen days ago, but the transfer links just keep on coming. This is especially the case for Arsenal, who will no doubt be a little frustrated with how things panned out ahead of deadline day.

Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fabio Vieira spearheaded ambitious plans to strengthen Mikel Arteta's squad significantly, while departures such as Bernd Leno, Lucas Torreira and Nicolas Pepe represented much-needed change with the future in mind.

Yet despite it being a successful summer overall, worrying gaps within the team remain and they have seen names continuously linked with the club as a result. It's believed that Arsenal's plans changed in the last 72 hours of the window following an injury to Mohamed Elneny, which saw him join Thomas Partey in the treatment room.

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