Arsenal to announce next transfer and what it means ahead of UEFA Champions League deadline

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has three deadlines to keep in mind over the next few days.

The first is Friday's transfer deadline with plenty of deals expected to be completed before 11pm,although the focus is on sales rather than incomings. Shortly afterwards the Spaniard must name his 25-man Premier League squad for the first half of the 2023/24 campaign.

Three days after the transfer window closes another deadline will be upon Arteta. This one will be in regard to naming his Champions League squad for the group phase with the Gunners returning to Europe's top table for the first time since 2017 after finishing as runners-up to Manchester City last season.

As explained by UEFA, because Arsenal have qualified automatically for the group stage — along with the likes of Man City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Napoli and Paris Saint-Germain, they must submit List A online by 4 September 2023 (11pm).

Now, when it comes to any of the three European club competitions, the rule states: 'Each club is responsible for submitting to UEFA an A list of players (List A) and a B list of players (List B), duly signed by the club and verified, validated and additionally signed by its association.'

'No club may have more than 25 players on List A during the season. As a minimum, eight places are reserved exclusively for «locally trained players» and no club may have more than four «association-trained players» listed in these eight places on List A. List A must specify the players who qualify as being «locally trained», as well as whether they are «club-trained» or «association-trained».'

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