Arsenal may be about to make a signing that leads to Mikel Arteta totally changing his formation

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Arsenal’s summer transfer business is far from over.

The Gunners have already signed Kepa, Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard, and there’s plenty more where that came from.

Indeed, Arsenal are looking at adding more bodies to their squad, notably in two key positions in the spine of the team.

Cristhian Mosquera is set to sign for Arsenal, while Viktor Gyokeres has been linked to Arsenal too.

Arsenal have needed a new number nine for a while, and now, Viktor Gyokeres could be set to arrive.

However, Gyokeres’ arrival does raise one huge question – what becomes of Kai Havertz?

Mikel Arteta is a fan of Havertz and the German is Arsenal’s highest-paid player, so he’s not going to simply be discarded.

Speaking on the Handbrake Off Podcast, Adrian Clarke has been discussing Gyokeres’ arrival, and he reckons Arsenal could totally change formation once the striker arrives.

Arsenal could change formation after signing Viktor Gyokeres

Clarke spoke about how Arsenal could line up once Gyokeres signs.

According to the pundit, Arsenal could switch to a 4-4-2 formation once Gyokeres arrives, claiming that Havertz could play as a slightly withdrawn striker alongside the Swede.

“It’s one or the other for me, but at times, I think you could pair them together. I really do, especially with Havertz, and I’ve mentioned this before in the show, if Odegaard is not doing it or he’s injured, you can absolutely play Havertz with Gyokeres and get Havertz dropping into those little pockets with Rice and Zubimendi. There’s more of a sort of double pivot in there,” Clarke said.

“More 4-4-2, I guess. I would love to see it. And if you cast your mind back to last season, when Odegaard got injured, we went to 4-4-2 with Havertz and Trossard, and it wasn’t bad.

“Like, it didn’t work in every game, but they struck up quite a nice rapport. So, you don’t write off the possibility of that being a tactical ploy at times this season.”

Arsenal won the league playing 4-4-2

4-4-2 is seen as something of an outdated formation in modern-day football as more teams lean towards 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1.

However, Arsenal fans know more than any other side that a good old-fashioned 4-4-2 can be incredibly effective

Arsenal’s last league title back in 2004 came while playing this formation with Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp up front.

Now, Havertz and Gyokeres could turn into a modern equivalent of Bergkamp and Henry, and, hopefully, they will be looking to bring the Premier League title to the Emirates for the first time.

Of course, whether or not Mikel Arteta does actually follow through with this tactical change remains to be seen, but this could be a clever way to get Havertz and Gyokeres into the same team.