1:25 Arsenal could look to sell Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos this summer to fund a move for Lille defender Gabriel Magalhaes, according to Sky Sports News reporter Dharmesh Sheth
Arsenal are in the market for a left-footed central defender. If Gabriel arrives, then Arsenal would have eight central defenders in their squad.
David Luiz has signed a one-year extension, while Pablo Mari and William Saliba have recently joined the club.
Rob Holding, meanwhile, has three years remaining on his deal, and those four are expected to be who Arteta chooses from next season.
Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis have entered the final year of their deals – and there are no signs that their contracts will be renewed at this stage. Calum Chambers has two years left and his versatility could yet see him play a role.
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Mesut Ozil has previously indicated he is staying at Arsenal for the remainder of his contract but it is clear he is not in Arteta’s plans.
Ideally, Arsenal would like to offload the former Germany international to get his huge wages off the payroll but that is easier said than done. Ozil has entered the final year of his contract and appears happy to see it out.
The 31-year-old has not played a single minute for the Gunners since the Premier League restarted, the club have maintained that he has been absent from matches with a back injury.
An agreement is close between Arsenal and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang over a new three-year contract for the Gabon international.
The player sent out a cryptic tweet of an hourglass emoji as the forward is close to ending speculation about his future with his current contract set to expire at the end of the season.
Partey move hinges on selling players
Arsenal like Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey – but any moves that require significant outlays would require sales of current squad players.
Matteo Guendouzi has fallen out of favour under Arteta and his age and profile could generate substantial money.
Alexandre Lacazette is attracting interest from Juventus, and the French forward was often dropped in favour of Eddie Nketiah at the end of the campaign.
Lacazette has two years remaining on his contract and there are no musings yet of a new deal.
Arteta likes him and is not looking to sell the striker, but he may be one to keep an eye on as Arsenal look to rebuild.
Arsenal could also generate funds with the potential sales of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mohamed Elneny, Lucas Torreira, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sead Kolasinac, but it will be very difficult to get such a huge turnaround of ins and outs in one summer transfer window.
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