It's no secret that this summer is going to be an important one for Arsenal in terms of recruitment. "We want to take the club to the next level," Mikel Arteta said in his press conference ahead of the final game of the season against Everton. "That's the ambition. In order to do that we have a very clear plan again, how we want to do it and execute it, and there are no secrets. We need resources and we need to increase the quality and the depth of the squad."
The Gunners have already completed the signing of Matt Turner from New England Revolution to replace the outward bound Bernd Leno, and Edu has no intention of stopping there. football.london understands strikers Tammy Abraham and Gabriel Jesus are targets, while the club are also looking at Youri Tielemans and Aaron Hickey to bolster their central midfield and full-back positions.
As much as getting the right players in is important though, moving certain players on is going to be key too. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Lucas Torreira, Hector Bellerin and Runar Alex Runarsson are just a few of the players who seem certain to leave this summer. One player whose future is less clear, though, is Pablo Mari.
