Many Arsenal fans will be delighted with how the club have gone about their incoming business so efficiently this summer.
The Unai Emery era has gotten off to a positive start, with key summer targets Bernd Leno, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Lucas Torreira all having been brought into the club with a minimum of fuss.
Things have been much quieter on the outgoings front though. Jack Wilshere’s departure on a free transfer is the only major first team exit to date.
Arsenal’s squad is now much too bulky following the arrival of the new signings, so Unai Emery will now be turning his attentions to guiding his unwanted Gunners towards the Emirates exit.
The arrival of Bernd Leno means there are now four goalkeepers registered with first team squad. Last season’s no. 1, Petr Cech, now aged 36, will likely take a back seat to Leno. That leaves youngsters Emiliano Martinez and Matt Macey to battle it out for third choice.
Ospina, meanwhile, after serving 4 seasons as a back up should now be moved on to seek first team football elsewhere.
A loan spell with Birmingham City last season was curtailed early on by a nasty injury. The fact that the 26-year-old England international was being loaned to a Championship club in the first place though all but confirms that he has no future at Arsenal.
If Jenkinson could secure a switch to another top flight side, where he’d get a chance to fight for a first team slot, then Arsenal won’t stand in his way.
The return of Lucas Perez from his loan spell in La Liga likely means that Danny Welbeck is now fourth in line for the central striker berth at the Emirates Stadium.
At 27-years-old, the England forward should be at a club where he can start matches in his preferred position.
If fit and in form, Welbeck can be a very effective Premier League attacker – but not for one of the country’s top six sides.
