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Chris DaviePublished May 12, 2024, 8:41am|Updated May 12, 2024, 8:42am
Arsenal are ready to listen to offers for seven players this summer, according to reports.
Mikel Arteta is set to be backed by Arsenal’s hierarchy with another significant transfer budget this summer as the Gunners look to cement their place as one of the Premier League’s frontrunners.
Gabriel Jesus has already been linked with a move away from Arsenal at the end of the season, although Arteta has denied that the Brazil international, who was signed in a £45 million deal from Manchester City in July 2022, is up for sale.
According to the Sunday Mirror, Jesus is not among the players who Arsenal are looking to sell but the club are open to offers for Aaron Ramsdale, Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith Rowe, Reiss Nelson Kieran Tierney, Nuno Tavares and Albert Sambi Lokonga.
The report adds that Arsenal will also ‘evaluate the future’ of Thomas Partey, who will have just a year remaining on his contract this summer.
Smith Rowe has previously attracted interest from Aston Villa, with Arsenal turning down a bid in the region of £30m for the midfielder in 2021.
The 23-year-old still has two years remaining on his contract, while he has been restricted to just three starts in the Premier League this season.
Ramsdale has also struggled for playing time following Arteta’s decision to sign David Raya from Brentford last summer.
Arsenal are expected to make the Spaniard’s loan deal permanent for £27m at the end of the season and Ramsdale has already indicated that he needs to be playing regular football.
Earlier this week, Tierney made it clear that he expects to leave Arsenal this summer following his loan spell with Real Sociedad this season.
‘There is every chance,’ Tierney told The Athletic. ‘Look at the squad depth in that position now.
‘They have [Oleksandr] Zinchenko, [Jurrien] Timber, [Takehiro] Tomiyasu, [Jakub] Kiwior. Four players can play there. So if I go back and it’s the same as before then I’m not silly, I know the chances are I’ll be leaving.
‘But you never know in football. You get the rare case with [William] Saliba, where he came back after a couple of good seasons [out on loan] but you don’t see it too often with someone who has played for four years, left, and then come back to play again.’
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