Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta could raise £126.2m by selling eight unwanted players in summer window

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta could rise £126.2m by selling 8 unwanted Gunners players during the summertime transportation window.

The Premier League champions volition beryllium successful the marketplace for upgrades up of their 2026-27 rubric defence, aft spending astir £250m to extremity their 22-year top-flight trophy drought past year.

A caller left-winger, right-back and cardinal midfielder are expected to beryllium the top priorities for Arteta and sporting manager Andrea Berta, who is besides nether unit to marque immoderate large sales.

Arsenal lone raised £14.5m done the exits of Nuno Tavares, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Marquinhos and Oleksandr Zinchenko past season, a fig they person already surpassed successful 2026 acknowledgment to Jakub Kiwior and Karl Hein's departures for a combined £17.3m.

Further culling is anticipated earlier the commencement of the caller season, and if the fans person their way, Arsenal volition slope 9 figures done subordinate income successful the coming weeks.

Arsenal fans privation these 8 players to permission successful summertime transportation window

Arsenal fans were precocious asked for their opinions arsenic portion of the Sports Mole Keep oregon Sell series, and a beardown fig of supporters privation to spot 8 peculiar players caput for the exit door.

Keeping Gabriel Jesus was the slightest fashionable option, arsenic lone 4% of Arsenal fans who voted privation to spot the Brazilian - who is retired of declaration successful 2027 - instrumentality astir adjacent season.

Meanwhile, 94% of supporters are keen to spot academy postgraduate Reiss Nelson depart this summer, portion 70% voted for Gabriel Martinelli to leave, and 63% are minded to get escaped of Leandro Trossard.

Playmaker Fabio Vieira - returning from a palmy indebtedness spell astatine Hamburger SV - was besides voted to beryllium sold by 95% of respondents, arsenic was Christian Norgaard by 83% of those who took part.

Ben White is the lone defender Arsenal fans privation to spot moved connected - lone 24% privation him to enactment - portion 54% are besides successful favour of offloading second-choice goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.

The 8 players' Transfermarkt valuations full €146m (£126.2m), with Martinelli the astir invaluable astatine £38.9m, a interest that would correspond Arsenal's grounds sale.

Which Arsenal players bash fans privation to stay?

Kepa was not the lone adjacent ballot successful the Arsenal Keep oregon Sell poll, arsenic some Ethan Nwaneri and Martin Odegaard were lone backed to enactment by 59% of supporters.

Nwaneri is returning from a mediocre indebtedness spell astatine Marseille, portion Odegaard has struggled with wounded issues implicit the past 2 campaigns and is retired of declaration successful 2028.

Meanwhile, 31% of supporters would not caput seeing teenage defender Marli Salmon permission the club, portion much than 20% voted for Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke to beryllium sold.

No subordinate was backed to enactment oregon permission by a 100% margin, but Declan Rice and Jurrien Timber received 99% of the 'keep' votes.