Arsenal need to ensure that a season whereby they have shocked the majority of the footballing world with this season's title race does not become a one-off. The Gunners must establish themselves as regular challengers for the league and the summer transfer window is going to be critical.
Particularly is the area of midfield where the likes of Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Jorginho and Mohamed Elneny reach the latter stages of their peaks. Arsenal cannot afford to repeat the mistakes made by Liverpool where the midfield has regressed and they failed to respond sooner seeing them now fighting for a Europa League qualification spot.
One name that Arsenal were interested in last summer was Youri Tielemans. However, football.london understands that the club were willing to wait until this coming summer to move for the Belgian with his contract expiring and the Foxes asking for too high of a transfer fee in the context of the player’s situation.
