Mbappe alternative joins and £121.5m raised - Arsenal's perfect end to summer transfer window
All things considered, it has been a good summer transfer window for Arsenal up until this point.
Towards the end of last season, particularly after a 3-0 defeat at home to Brighton and Hove Albion which was the penultimate nail in the coffin with regard to the Gunners' Premier League title challenge, Mikel Arteta was unusually forthright about what needed to change in order to go one better in the 2023/24 campaign.
«With the level that is required for the Premier League and to fight for the Champions League, the way we have to fight for the Champions League, there’s a lot to think about,» the Spaniard said in his post-match press conference. «Obviously what the team has done over the last ten months is very different to what anybody expected and that generates a lot of expectation as well enthusiasm, happiness and joy. That’s something that has to be managed in the right way and after we have the responsibility to make sure the team performs and I am responsible for that.»
Appearing to suggest reinforcements were going to be needed for Arsenal to compete for the Premier League title again while also challenging in the Champions League, owners Stan and Josh Kroenke have once again provided significant investment with £200million spent to recruit Kai Havertz, Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice.
The latter became the club's record signing after completing a £105million transfer from West Ham United, but equally as important as new additions has been securing the futures of existing ones with the announcement regarding William Saliba putting pen-to-paper on a new contract was such a massive boost.
So with the north London outfit tying down the Frenchman — in addition to Aaron Ramsdale, Bukayo Saka and Reiss Nelson — as well as
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