How much Arsenal spends on players each year and the 40 players about to sign

By Tony Attwood

A chart from Sky Sports recently has shown just how much or how little Arsenal spend in each window. And as we can see the amount spent shows a significant increase in spending over time generally, but it is not a year after year spending increase – it depends on the squad at the time…

Window	Period	Money on new signings	End position
2019/20	Winter	£0	8th
2020/21	Summer	£81.5m
2020/21	Winter	£900k	8th
2021/22	Summer	£156.8m
2021/22	Winter	£1.8m	5th
2022/23	Summer	£121.5m
2022/23	Winter	£59m	2nd
2023/24	Summer	£208m
2023/24	Winter	£0	2nd
2024/25	Summer	£101.5m
2024/25	Winter	£0	2nd

As we can see the spending in the Arteta era rose until reaching a peak in 2023/24 but sank back last summer to a level that we were more familiar with in earlier times, before the run of second-place finishes.

Below is a list of the players being talked about this summer. Because journalists just copy stories from each other, the number of new stories rises and falls regularly, especially when the weather is hot and journalists spend more time down the pub, but also it could be that Arsenal have made their contacts and details are jusst being worked out.

As usual, we have to point out that between 97% and 98% of these reports have been false across the last ten years.

	Player	Club	Source	Details
NEW	Alexandro	Lille	Metro	Defender
2	Julian Alvarez	Real Madrid	Express	Goal scorer
Update	Kepa Arrizabalaga	Chelsea	Sky Sports; backup to Raya £5m. Deal done FoLo	Goal keeper
NEW	Johan Bakayoko	PSV	£20m, Football London	Backup to Saka
5	Jamie Bynoe-Gittens	Borussia Dortmund	Just Arsenal	20 year old winger
NEW	Geny Catamo	Sporting CP	Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Fulham all want him	Winger / wing back
7	Rayan Cherki	Lyon	TBR	Forward
8	Luis Diaz	Liverpool	FFC	Board can’t agree
9	Diomande	Sporting CP	Sport Witness	Arsenal interest
10	Ederson	Man City	Caught Offside	Midfield – discussions ongoing
11	Hugo Ekitike	Eintracht Fran	Teamtalk; TBR, Star	Arsenal interested
NEW	Eberechi Eze	Attacking midfield	FFC: £68m release clause	Palace willing
13	Joan Garcia	Espanyol.	Just Arsenal	Or to Barcelona
Update	Vik. Gyokeres	Sporting	Arsenal news but Man U bidding The price has gone up	Berta is an admirer
Update	Jorrel Hato	Brentford	Liverpool Echo. Talks ongoing	Defender
16	Callan Hamill	Loan to St Johnston	Arseblog TBR	Forward
17	Harvey Higgins	Blackburn	The 72	Centre forward
18	Joan Garcia	Espanyol	Goal. Going to Barcelona Just Arsenal	Goal keeper
19	Jamie Gittens	Borussia Dortmund	Chelsea also after him. London World	Wing
Update	Vik Gyokeres	Sporting CP	FFC; Star. Talksport. He might stay (FoLo) Working on it but Juve want him; he’s had a row with his club (Sun). Keen to join (Mirror). No agreement (London World)	Striker
NEW	Jorrel Hato	Ajax	Defender. London World
22	Konstantinos Karetsas		Very close to signing (Sun)	Midfield
23	Take Kudo	Real Sociedad	London World £50m release clause	Right wing
24	Randal Kolo Mani	Juventus	Teamtalk	Teamtalk
25	Senne Lammens,	Royal Antwerp	FFC	Goalkeeper
26	Bryan Mbeumo	Brentford	Arsenal station He’s chosen Man U!!!! (Just Arsenal)	Forward
27	Kolo Muani.	PSG	Teamtalk	Forward
28	Sverre Halseth Nypan	Rosenborg	The new Martin Odegaard. London World. His supposed deal with Villa has stalled.	Midfield
29	Igor Paixao	Feyenoord	Times	Attack
30	Morgan Rodgers	Aston Villa	Sun	Attacking midfield
Update	Rodrygo	Real Mad	TBR, Teamtalk 3 Added PSG Talk Football Fancast Daily Mail Just Arsenal, “No 1 target” (The Sun). £84m (FFC)	Forward
32	Leroy Sane	Bayern Munich	Now in talks Telegraph	Winger
Update	Benjamin Sesko	RB Leipzig	Caught ffside; Teamtalk Star Givemesport, London World (too) expensive). Still on (GMS). Liverpool want him (GMS again!) Talks ongoing F365. “Don’t sign him” (Metro) He wants Arsenal (TBR). AFC only club talking. Still talking (FFC). Close (Arsenal station)	€70 million; No 1 target
34	Take Kubo.	Real Sociedad	London World	Winger
35	Leroy Sane	Bayern Munich	Give me sport TBR – he prefers AFC to THFC Canon, he prefers Arsenal Talks open (Sun)	Right midfield
36	Ao Tanaka	Leeds United	Yorkshire Post	Tipped by Declan Rice
37	Dusan Vlahovic	Juventus	Sport Witness	Striker
Update	Nico Williams	Athletic Bilbao	Sun; but salary a problem. No he’s not coming (again, the Sun). Wage demands too great (London World)	Winger
39	Kenan Yıldız	Juventus	Turkish Football	Winger and striker
Update	Martin Zubimendi	Real Sociedad	Mirror, Guardian Express. Mail. London World No, he plays down move (Canon). Deal Signed Not done a medical (Sun). Closing in (Star) £51m	Agreed Terms; about to happen

And those reported to be leaving…. (some will have changed their minds!)

	Player	Going To	Source	Details
1	Max Dowman	Manchester Cityor Barcelona	Football Transfers	AFC want to hold onto him
2	Jorginho	?	Mail	Simply going, no matter what.
3	Marquinhos	Cruzeiro	F365,	Going back from whence he came
4	Martinelli	?	Daily Canon, Just Arsenal	Will go on offer of £50m+
5	Partey	?	Mail	Unless Arsenal offer a new deal
6	Declan Rice	?	TBR	Will go if club don’t start winning trophies soon.
7	William Saliba	Real Madrid	TBR	Mikah Richards says he’s off
LEFT	Nuno Tavares	Lazio	Just Arsenal	Been at Lazio on loan Now gone (Sun)

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