Arsenal on course for £81.4m transfer windfall as Mikel Arteta ‘makes decisions’ over four players

Arsenal could be set for a healthy transfer windfall after a summer of spending.

The Gunners have spent more than most this summer, spending well over £200million to land David Raya, Kai Havertz, Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice. Mikel Arteta has already played down going back into the market, but there have been suggestions that they could yet make another move before the end of the window.

Speaking recently, Arteta said: “At the moment we’re not planning to do anything. But the window is very unpredictable. Things can happen, probably things that we don’t wish, but at the moment we are very happy with what we’ve got.”

Arsenal defeated Nottingham Forest in their season opener, and they will be hoping to mount anothet title bid this season, but behind the scenes, work continues as the club look to balance the books following a busy summer of spending. And according to Football Insider, four players have now been earmarked for exits.

Kieran Tierney has reportedly found himself surplus to requirements, while former record signing Nicolas Pepe is set to be moved on, while Rob Holding and Nuno Tavares is also said to be a likely exit candidate.

Arsenal are said to value Tierney at £25million, while Pepe is also said to have the same asking price despite arriving at the club for £70million. Arsenal were said to have been asking for as much as £10million for Holding, but they got a bid worth around £2million from Besiktas that was swiftly rejected. While £10million is the ideal, the Gunners may need to lower that price a little.

Lastly, Tavares, who joined the club for around £8million, is said to have an asking price of 25million euros, which works out as roughly £21.4million. That all adds up to £81.4million if the Gunners get what they are asking for across all four players. That total is not going cancel out all of this summer’s spending - not even close - but it will tip the Financial Fair Play sclaes in the right direction.