Xhaka outstanding, Pepe impact after Arsenal exit as £10m signing is dropped after Salah mistake
As the season pauses for another international break, it's time to reflect on Arsenal's business during the summer transfer window with three of Mikel Arteta's four signings playing a huge role in the club's solid, if unspectacular, start to the season.
Had it not been for an unfortunate ACL injury sustained on the opening weekend of the new Premier League campaign, then Jurrien Timber may very well have made it a full set. While the jury is still out on David Raya and Kai Havertz, Declan Rice has certainly proven to be a useful squad addition following a series of strong performances.
But as the quartet arrived in the summer, many others — including the 20-man strong loan army — moved on to pastures new as the north London outfit were able to recoup around £70million in player sales as Arteta and sporting director Edu Gaspar continued the overhaul of the first-team squad.
Of the 14 players to leave Arsenal permanently in the summer, six of them were academy products and Ben Cottrell — the only one to make a senior appearance for the club — has featured four times for NS Mura thus far, with two starts and two substitute appearances totaling 163 minutes of action.
Nikolaj Moller, Mazeed Ogungbo, Ryan Alebiosu, Marcelo Flores and Tim Akinola are getting game time with St. Gallen, Barrow, Kortrijk, Tigres UNAL and Al Bidda respectively and with that said, below, are how the eight senior players that left Arsenal permanently in the summer are faring.
It took a while, but Nicolas Pepe is finally fit following after leaving Arsenal. His Trabzonspor debut came against Alanyaspor after the October international break and his first start for the Turkish club was a dream as he scored in their 3-2 win over Fenerbahce and the winger
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