For Mikel Arteta, this summer presents him with the opportunity to raise the bar at Arsenal and ensure there's no more 'falling short' moving forwards. You can point your finger at whoever or whatever you like when talking about the failure to reach the top four, but you feel that the club is looking to put things right over the coming months.
The transfer window hasn't even opened yet, but there are signs of encouragement when factoring in the links to players that have surfaced so far, and three of them, in particular, have left fans excited. Manchester City duo Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko along with Leicester City's Youri Tielemans are all said to be serious options for Arteta according to various reports, with talks already taking place with the representatives of Jesus and Tielemans, football.london understands.
As is often the case in the transfer market, a club can be joined by several others when targeting players which can make securing a deal even trickier, but thankfully for Mikel Arteta, he holds some key advantages when it comes to attempting to sign the aforementioned names.
