Arsenal drop subtle £87m transfer hints as Andrea Berta masterplan takes fresh twist

Arsenal appear to have some ambitious summer transfer plans which may require brutal decisions elsewhere. The Gunners have already signed Kepa Arrizabalaga and Martin Zubimendi with both of those moves confirmed in the first week of July.

A third announcement is expected imminently, as well, with the signing of Christian Norgaard for £12million from Brentford done. Alongside that, concrete talks have taken place for Eberechi Eze, Viktor Gyokeres, Noni Madueke and Cristhian Mosquera, while preliminary discussions have also been held for Rodrygo.

The Gunners saw a bid rejected for the latter by Valencia last month and, while an improved offer was expected, their priorities have seemingly been elsewhere.

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Following conversations with Madueke and Gyokeres, personal terms have been agreed for both but Arsenal are yet to meet Chelsea and Sporting CP's respective £50million and £60million valuations in club-to-club talks.

Eze, meanwhile, has a £68million release clause in his Crystal Palace contract - and Real are demanding £77million (€90m) for Rodrygo.Signing all four of those will be virtually impossible given the finances involved and even welcoming three could be tricky without sales, though Eze is being pursued alongside a wide forward addition.

A move for Gabriel Martinelli to Bayern Munich or Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr, who have both been credited with an interest, would help matters, but that currently appears unlikely.

As such, fringe players departing may be the only way to raise fundsfollowing on from saving a small amount in wages after agreeing a contract termination with Takehiro Tomiyasu. Most of the Gunners sellable assets left across the last two summers but there remains a few players worth something with hints dropped on six potential exits.

Following the end of their campaign, some changes have been made on the club website with one of those seeing Myles Lewis-Skelly moved up to the first-team list after signing a new contract.The majority have also seen their photos updated but Gabriel Jesus, who is currently injured, and Oleksandr Zinchenko have not.

Transfermarktvalue the former Manchester City duo at £27.5million and £17.2million, respectively, with Borussia Dortmund interested in the latter. Returning loan stars Reiss Nelson, Fabio Vieira and Sambi Lokonga, collectively valued at just under £40million, are also not captured in the club's new home kit.

An old image of Karl Hein is also still on the website with Arsenal's third-choice goalkeeper now listed as being worth just £2.6million. In total, that is at least £87million they may hope to raise from six departures and that could therefore go straight on to first-team additions.

Though signing every attacker linked is likely still impossible, it would certainly give Arsenal the chance to bring in Gyokeres and then from Rodrygo, Madueke and Eze.