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Reports suggest that up to ten players could be allowed to leave the club, including four defenders, four midfielders and two forwards.
Amongst those linked with a departure from the Emirates are defenders Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Rob Holding and Calum Chambers, whilst Alexander Lacazette and Lucas Torreira are likely to be sold.
Matteo Guendouzi will also leave the club after publicly falling out with Arteta.
The club would also dearly love to get rid of Mesut Ozil, but the former German international has reiterated his intention to stay at the club and see out the last year of his £350,000 a week contract.
Arteta has assumed a greater role in Arsenal’s transfer strategy following the departure of the club’s head of football Raul Sanllehi last weekend. He will now be working closely with Technical Director Edu to decide who he ants to bring in, and who he wants to leave the club.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.