Tag: Mikel Arteta

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has marked out nine players that will be offloaded at  the club in this season's summer break. Arteta is looking for funds to acquire new set of players that will add bite and quality to the club. Arsenal were in contention to finish fourth and book a place for next season’s Champions League until the final day of the season. They narrowly lost the fourth place to north London rivals, Tottenham and will now settle for Europa League participation next season. The Gunners have a host of players currently out on loan, though almost none of those have a future at the Emirates and Arteta intends to cash in. The players include Matteo Guendouzi and Konstantinos Mavropanos, who are on loan to Marseille and Stuttgart, respectively, Hector Bellerin, Lucas Torreira, Bernd Leno, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Pablo Mari, Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah. A decision has yet to be made about the futures of William Saliba and Reiss Nelson, who have impressed at Marseille and Feyenoord, and they could be reintegrated into the squad. Arteta will add three academy prospects, Charlie Patino, Miguel Azeez and Omari Hutchinson, who he rates very highly, to his squad.