The summer transfer window is now more than two weeks old and Arsenal have become one of the early stars. A nice change of form from the typically frustrating opening period where fingers are crossed tighter than a Takehiro Tomiyasu marking job on Raphinha last month.
It is the aforementioned Raphinha, alongside Gabriel Jesus and Lisandro Martinez, who has caused the stir. The trio are priority targets for Arsenal, who have already agreed to bring Marquinhos, Matt Turner and Fabio Vieira to the club.
This elevation in expectation and subsequent potential upgraded starting XI has led to plenty of opinions perhaps shifting. One that caught the attention of Arsenal supporters was Football 365 writer Jason Soutar, who tweeted that Mikel Arteta would have “zero excuses” next season.
