Arsenal sports director Andrea Berta has maintained a busy schedule for a long time after the summer transfer windows.
Mikel Arteta was supported by eight summer signatures north of £250 million, including the addition of amulet striker Viktor Gyokeres and Ingland International Playmaker Eberechi Eze.
Arsenal’s confirmed summer signature | price tag |
|---|---|
Kepa Arrizabalaga | 5m |
Martin Zubimendi | £60 million |
Christian Norgaard | £15 million |
Please call Maduyke | 52m |
Christian Mosquera | £13 million |
Viktor | 55m |
Back seat | £67.5m |
Piero Encocapi | loan |
The pitch outcomes of these key deals are important in determining whether gunners can wait a long time for a Premier League title.
Arsenal will only win the victory this Saturday to recover from a 1-0 defeat to British Champions Liverpool before an international break.
That being said, while Arteta is backed up by the pattern, the Spaniard has an injury problem.
William Saliba and Bukayo Saka will be out in the near future alongside Kai Herberts, who are expected to go out for weeks after knee surgery.
The German injury has prompted Berta to hijack Tottenham’s once-wise Eze deal, and Arteta couldn’t predict how many months he’d go out when talking about Havertz at a recent press conference.
“I think it’s a few weeks, but I don’t know for months,” Arteta said of Herberts.
“It’s very sad and very sad for him. He did very well to recover from what he was before. He had never been injured before. Suddenly this happens.
“We lost another big player for weeks, but that (surgery) was the right thing to do. The doctor advised and I think he was very confident at the end of that it was the quickest and best way to solve that problem.”
As Arsenal continues to wait for Gabriel Jesus to return to fold, Herberts is not the only general-purpose step forward that will not take action.
The Brazilian enjoyed a fantastic purple-shaped patch midway through last season, but unfortunately burst his ACL during his FA Cup defeat to Man United in January.
Jesus may not return to Arsenal until 2026.
Arsenal was able to sell Gabriel Jesus in January
According to football insider and journalist Pete O’Rourke, Arsenal could sell yes during the January transfer period and could become one of two “big name” players on the road alongside Leandro Trossard.
Even if the £265,000 star returns to full fitness a week, he will be behind both Herberts and Gyoker, and is expected in pecking order. In other words, it could be written on the wall of Jesus’ departure next year.
Given their earthquake summer investment, Berta would likely be forced to sell if they want to add players during the season, if Jesus and Torosad come as the most likely sacrifice alongside Gabriel Martinelli.
Other reports say Martinelli could also be sold by Arsenal in January as the Gunners maintain interest in Real Madrid’s star Rodrigo.