Andrea Berta’s Transfer Targets: Summer 2026

[rotateta]

yeah each game i watch i just want us sign LW the 1st day of transfer window and whoever will be just give me a new name i honestly don't know how we 1st with our LW that below average for majority of season.

also it becoming important that Arteta or Berta don't ignore the midfield Rice and Zubi running out of energy you have to get some capable backup. can't keep play them 50 games all season also these two have world cup to play and they regulars as well.

we will likely sign RB too White is injured and he not even playing lot of games. unsure about us signing CF we likely gonna go with Gyo and Kai again next season. also there nobody good is available not worth wasting money.

i'm expecting 3 incomings and we activate Hincapie option to buy clause.

I would think how busy we are depends on moving players on, whether we can or not.

Toney will have done his two years in Saudi, meaning he does not have tax to repay if he comes back. He may be a Jesus / Gyok replacement if they are persuaded to move. I do not however see Gyok wanting to go, despite it being apparent we are not a good fit.

White may move, but I do not see there being suitors if he cannot remain fit.

The left wing slot would again need one to leave, Trossard appears happier and works better with those around him than Martinelli, but would Martinelli move on to a lower achieving club when invested in the project for so long?

I am also unconvinced there are Arteta type players out there who improve that position.

It remains odd to me the best options would appear to be at the club already, Madueke and Eze, but neither used there as much as most assumed to be the case.

I think it will be a much quieter summer.

 

[lomekian]

yeah each game i watch i just want us sign LW the 1st day of transfer window and whoever will be just give me a new name i honestly don't know how we 1st with our LW that below average for majority of season.

also it becoming important that Arteta or Berta don't ignore the midfield Rice and Zubi running out of energy you have to get some capable backup. can't keep play them 50 games all season also these two have world cup to play and they regulars as well.

we will likely sign RB too White is injured and he not even playing lot of games. unsure about us signing CF we likely gonna go with Gyo and Kai again next season. also there nobody good is available not worth wasting money.

i'm expecting 3 incomings and we activate Hincapie option to buy clause.

Depends largely on departures. If they can find buyers for GJ, Trossard, White (if he can't turn it round) and maybe even Martinelli, a lot of options open up.

 

[A_G]

@Rasmi He’s a can’t Amissah signing

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Elite

 

[A_G]

Elite

Amissah
Trent-Arnold
Tonali
Goretzka
Gordon

 

[Rasmi]

@Rasmi He’s a can’t Amissah signing

Didn’t we sign a guy his age that looks like him from Stoke who’s a CB?

Edit: he’s 6 feet. No way a CB. Probably a defensive fullback

 

[A_G]

Didn’t we sign a guy his age that looks like him from Stoke who’s a CB?

Edit: he’s 6 feet. No way a CB. Probably a defensive fullback

Jaden Dixon

 

[Rasmi]

Jaden Dixon

They all the same to me. Still think we gonna make kayode the throw in guy top 3 most expensive right backs. I hate we have so much money to spend

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

They all the same to me. Still think we gonna make kayode the throw in guy top 3 most expensive right backs. I hate we have so much money to spend

You hate something about Arsenal? No way?

 

[A_G]

They all the same to me.

 

[Sanchez11]

Another cb

 

[Rasmi]

They all look the same to me. I said it.

 

[Martinvonkeown]

Isak would never become the player he became if he left socidad for arsenal. I’m glad it never happened because we don’t produce many good players in Sweden and would hate one of the few good ones being ruined by Arteta

He's made of wheetabix. Two injury plagued years in a row.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Amissah me with dat signing

 

[A_G]

Need To Sell FC

 

[grange]

Doesn't Gabriel Jesus count?

I'm still thinking the Gordon links are remnants of older interest and there haven't been any new leaks. The leaks have been fewer and fewer since Berta took over, no?

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Need To Sell FC

Why do we need to sell?

 

[A_G]

Why do we need to sell?

Arsenal will have to sell at least one first team player this summer as the club gets to grips with its significant outlay last year that has helped put Mikel Arteta’s team at the top of the Premier League with eight games to play.

It is understood that there are discussions around who would yield the most lucrative sale and whether more than one player might have to go – Arsenal spent £268 million in fees alone after the end of their most recently completed financial year.

The two academy graduates, Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly, are candidates for sale with neither currently in favour, although the risks of letting two homegrown talents leave are clear. Nwaneri, 18, has been on loan at Marseille since January while Lewis-Skelly, 19, originally a midfielder, has lost his place as left-back in the XI and is currently third choice.

Squad planning is a challenge for all clubs under Premier League and Uefa cost controls. The rationale for selling academy graduates is obvious given the value it adds to the bottom line and compliance with cost controls.

The same would be the case with club captain Martin Ødegaard, fundamental to Arteta’s team, who will reach two years from the end of his contract in the summer. After five years at the club, he represents a low value on the balance sheet and would therefore yield a major profit if sold for a sizeable fee.

Ødegaard, who was voted club captain by staff and players, is considered a hugely important presence on and off the field.

Gabriel Martinelli and Ben White are strong candidates to leave. Martinelli, bought in 2019 for £7 million, could potentially raise a significant profit given his current low book value. The same goes for White, bought in 2021 for a higher fee of £50 million.

Forward Kai Havertz is another player who will have two years remaining on his deal as of this summer, with the club needing to make a decision on whether or not to extend his contract. Forwards Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard, meanwhile, will have only one year remaining on their deals at the end of this season.

Arsenal posted healthy financial results up to May 31 last year but all their major signings arrived after that period. Seven first team signings were made for a total commitment of £268 million, as detailed in the notes to the accounts, among them Eberechi Eze (£67.5 million), Viktor Gyökeres (£63.7 million) and Martin Zubimendi (£56 million).

Arsenal pushed hard to deliver Arteta a squad that could end the club’s 22-year wait for a Premier League title this season, and that included the late decision to sign Eze once it became clear that the absence of the injured Havertz would be prolonged.

In addition, new contracts were signed since then with key first team players Gabriel Magalhães, William Saliba, Bukayo Saka and the academy pair Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri.

The results Arsenal published last week, up to May 31 last year, showed excellent growth in the commercial sector under executive Juliet Slot. Matchday income and earnings from broadcast contracts were also up, as Arteta’s team played a key role in the Premier League and Champions League.

With the team still competing in all four competitions this year, Arsenal may see more growth in their headline revenue, which jumped from £613.5 million to £690.3 million. But the aggressive spending of last summer means that there will have to be more sales.

The sporting director Andrea Berta was brought in to oversee a successful first team selling model as well as the acquisition spree that the club went on last summer. The sales of Emile Smith Rowe and Eddie Nketiah gave the club some trading income in the previous financial year but they still made a net loss on transfers.

Further sales are crucial this summer given last year’s outlay and the commitment to pay £45 million for Ecuadorian full-back Piero Hincapié, currently on loan from Bayer Leverkusen.

The wage bill will have climbed considerably with the summer signings and new contracts for established names – and with another expensive deal looming on the horizon.

Arteta will have one year remaining in his existing deal at the end of the season, and a decision will be made on whether he signs the second renewal of his time at the club.

Should he do so as a Premier League winner, it is unlikely to be cheap.

 

[Rasmi]

Ethan being sold I can see. Even MLS would bring great money as profit

 

[sub_sub]

Amissah a sitter. Nah can't be having that headline.