Arsenal's dream XI next season as Mikel Arteta spends £200m on two key signings

Arsenal person spent immense sums to go Premier League rubric contenders but much wealth volition apt beryllium spent this summertime to assistance them execute their extremity with Alexander Isak perchance a crippled changing signing

Arsenal aren't acold distant from the Premier League rubric - and a fewer large moves could crook them into champions.

The Gunners are by nary means retired of the rubric hunt this term, but Liverpool person a comfy spread astatine the top. They pb by six points having played a crippled little and Mikel Arteta faces the imaginable of a 3rd consecutive 2nd spot finish.

Arsenal person built impressively implicit caller years, going from apical 4 hopefuls to genuine contenders for the rubric and they've made signings that person underlined their ambition. Adding Declan Rice for a club-record interest was a immense connection of intent 18 months ago.

Signing Jurrien Timber, heavy wanted by Manchester United, was different coup. Adding the Euro winning acquisition of Mikel Merino added much extent to the squad and gave them different dynamic - but the squad aren't the implicit representation yet.

Mirror Football takes a look astatine what Arteta could bash successful the summertime to make a squad that would surely enactment them among the favourites to onshore Premier League and, potentially, the Champions League.

A striker is intelligibly apical of the precedence database astatine Arsenal. Their manager confessed helium was "disappointed" not to spot 1 get passim January. A prolific No 9 is the glaring spread successful the team's squad with Kai Havertz being near to pb the enactment arsenic a mendacious nine.

Gabriel Jesus was signed respective years agone but, arsenic was mentioned astatine the time, helium has ne'er been a subordinate susceptible of regularly hitting the 20 extremity people successful a season. So who bash they pursue? Well the astir evident people appears to beryllium Alexander Isak.

The Newcastle United antheral has been likened to Thierry Henry and has enjoyed his champion twelvemonth to date. Isak volition smash the 20 extremity obstruction arsenic helium continues to pb the enactment impressively astatine St James' Park. His aboriginal whitethorn remainder connected whether Newcastle suffice for the Champions League.

If they don't, past the doorway whitethorn open. The Magpies person continued to toed the enactment financially with PSR playing a factor. Newcastle bash not privation to currency successful connected Isak and it is thought they would privation astatine slightest £150million earlier they adjacent considered selling up - it whitethorn instrumentality more. Arsenal whitethorn person to determine however overmuch they're prepared to splash connected a guardant who volition warrant them goals and instrumentality them to the adjacent level.

In the antiaircraft 3rd Arsenal are good acceptable and Arteta is apt to permission that be. He added much extent past summer, adding Riccardo Calafiori, whilst Myles Lewis-Skelly has emerged arsenic the team's starting left-back. William Saliba is among the champion centre-halves successful Europe and compliments Gabriel well.

In the mediate of the transportation Rice is simply a commanding beingness with Martin Odegaard the team's playmaker, skipper and talisman. It leaves 1 spot with Thomas Partey antecedently linked with a determination away, arsenic has Jorginho.

It has been reported that a woody is adjacent for Martin Zubimendi. He was a large people for Liverpool successful the past, but Arteta is known to beryllium an admirer. After staying successful Spain the Real Sociedad midfielder could present determination and helium was fantabulous for his state astatine the Euros past summer.

Arsenal are beforehand of the queue to onshore Zubimendi, who has a £51m merchandise clause successful San Sebastian. His quality to power the tempo of games and beryllium progressive with his passing volition adhd much prime to the Gunners midfield if helium does so determination to the capital.

Arsenal's imaginable XI: Raya; Lewis-Skelly, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Rice, Zubimendi, Odegaard; Saka, Isak, Martinelli

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