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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Mikel Arteta has made one big change at Arsenal to make easy £60m Ruben Neves transfer decision

Arsenal are expected to be busy in the summer transfer window. In fact, manager Mikel Arteta has already confirmed this will be the case with his first-team squad in need of bolstering if they're to balance competing in the Premier League and in Europe next season.

"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," the Spaniard revealed.

"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."

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