After missing out on Champions League qualification for the first time in Arsene Wenger’s tenure, Arsenal have an important summer ahead of them before 2017-18.
The North London side finished last season in fifth place in the Premier League, despite looking like a team early in the campaign that could put forward a title challenge.
While the retention of the FA Cup is welcome positive news, the Arsenal supporters want their team to spend big this summer in a bid to get the North London side back to where it belongs at the pinnacle of the English game.
Bosnian left-back Sead Kolasinac has already been added on a free transfer after his contract at Schalke expired, but there is expected to be significant movement in the Gunners squad before August 31.
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The futures of a number of the current crop are in doubt, with the major concern Alexis Sanchez and his expiring contract.
The Chile international is at odds of 7/4 to stay with Arsenal this summer, with the bookmakers preferring a 6/4 chance of him moving to Manchester City.
Hector Bellerin is also at short odds of 11/10 to rejoin childhood club Barcelona, while Aaron Ramsey (3/1) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (5/2) are at surprisingly stingy odds of joining Liverpool.
There is more confidence that Mesut Ozil will still be at Arsenal next season, with odds of 1/5 of him being at the Emirates Stadium in 2017-18 and 10/1 of him signing for Bayern Munich.
In terms of recruits, the player most-likely to join the Gunners with the bookmakers is Lyon superstar Alexandre Lacazette, with Wenger’s men favourites to land the France international at 2/1.
Talk of a world-record bid for Kylian Mbappe has filled column inches of late, with Arsenal also at promisingly short odds of 3/1 to land the Monaco starlet.
Other possible recruits include Arda Turan (6/4), Andrea Belotti and Corentin Tolisso (both 8/1).
For the more optimistic (or deluded) of the Arsenal fans, outside names to be linked to the Emirates Stadium side at long odds of 25/1 include Angel Di Maria, Romelu Lukaku, John Terry and Diego Costa.
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