Will it be the usual summer for Arsenal where every single player is linked with the club or will Arsene Wenger actually splash the cash.
Our resident Gooners here inside the Football Transfer Tavern are desperate to see the manager get his chequebook out this summer, after what has been an incredibly underwhelming 2015/16 campaign.
With a number of top players being mooted with a move to the Emirates Stadium every day here in the Transfer Tavern, our landlord has decided to sit down and analyse who actually could arrive at the club in the summer.
Swiss star Granit Xhaka has been linked with a move to the Emirates.
The £120k-a-week is reportedly joining Arsenal for roughly £30 million and with Wenger and Kroenke being prepared to spend, there could be plenty of others who are willing to go to the club.
So, our landlord has compiled a list of FIVE players who could follow Granit Xhaka to the Emirates Stadium in the summer…..
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Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang
What a signing this could be for Arsenal.
The Borussia Dortmund striker has been in relentless form this season scoring over over 30 goals in all competitions.
The Gabon-born striker is quick and great on the ball.
He has one of the best shots in European football and would certainly be a great signing for Arsenal.
Arsenal should spend anywhere up to £60million for the Borussia Dortmund star.
Giroud, Welbeck and Walcott are nowhere near as threatening as Aubemayang, his name may be hard to spell but its even harder to stop him scoring, as Liverpool and Tottenham both discovered this season.
N’Golo Kante
Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez may have taken the credits for Leicester’s remarkable season but there was one man who really made the Foxes tick.
N’Golo Kante.
Claudio Ranieri really produced one of the best signings of the season.
It would be crazy for Wenger not to sign the Frenchman.
There have been plenty of rumours here in the Tavern linking Kante to the Emirates – he would be an incredible signing for Arsenal.
Riyad Mahrez
PFA player of the year Riyad Mahrez is wanted by clubs all around the world, but Arsenal should surely do whatever they can to sign the Algerian.
According to the Independent, Arsenal are linked with a double swoop for both Mahrez and Kante, the pair would definitely improve the current side.
Mahrez is the only player to reach double figures in terms of both goals and assist this term.
Kostas Manolas
Manolas has been a rock at the back for Roma this season playing in front of on-loan Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny.
The 24- year-old would be perfect for Arsenal, especially with Per Mertesacker looking as though he may be leaving London this summer.
The Greek star has been linked with a move to London this summer, but our landlord here in the Tavern has heard Chelsea are also looking at the centre back.
Manolas is great on the ball and is very composed, he would certainly suit Wenger’s style of play.
Adrien Rabiot
What on earth are Arsenal waiting for.
Young PSG midfielder Rabiot has been incredible this season.
Arsenal were apparently very close to signing Rabiot in January but Wenger wasn’t keen to splash the cash on the 20 year old (sound familiar?)
Rabiot grabbed a goal against Manchester City in the Champions League this season but has been a key player for the French champions.
At just 20 years old, Rabiot has a great future ahead of him and could be an incredible signing for Arsenal.
Rabiot is incredibly gifted when going forward, offering plenty of goals and assists at the Parc de Princes.
If Arsenal were to bring in Xhaka and just one or two of these players, they really could be title-challengers next year.
