All the talk around Arsenal’s transfer plans continues to focus on the midfield, even though there are established needs elsewhere. The focus in the January transfer window was also here and led to numerous sizeable but unsuccessful bids for Moises Caicedo.
Declan Rice is the priority for the summer window, football.london understands. However, there’s a new dynamic emerging with the potential for Granit Xhaka to leave the club. The latest reports from The Mirror, with further reiteration from Germany, is that Bayer Leverkusen want to sign the Swiss international who has a year, with an option to extend by a further season, remaining on his contract.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has relied upon Xhaka for much of this season in the left-eight role. However, with the potential to add Rice and even perhaps another centre-mid, Xhaka could find minutes severely lessened as a result.
