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Who should Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta target if owner Stan Kroenke sanctions summer spending?  By Bradley West Yes, Arsenal have just completed the double over Chelsea for the first time in 17 years and that is an achievement to be proud of.  But, it’s fair to say that this season hasn’t quite worked out as many fans would have hoped in Mikel Arteta’s first full campaign in charge.  For too long now the club has accepted mediocrity. The Emirates, and Gunners fans, deserve Champions League football.  With a hugely talented young core including the likes of Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe, there are positives signs for the future but this summer is vital.  If Stan Kroenke wants to try and appease fans after the European Super League debacle then he should dip into his own pocket and put his money where his mouth is to instantly improve the squad with a raft of summer signings.  He’s promised it on internal calls, but actions speak far louder than words....

Five players that Mikel Arteta reportedly wants to bring to Arsenal in the summer By Adam Le Roux The January transfer window may have only shut a little over a month ago, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill isn’t in full swing ahead of the summer, and it promises to be a busy one for Arsenal Football Club. Mikel Arteta is slowly starting to put his own stamp on the team, with recent additions Thomas Partey and Martin Odegaard a glimpse of what the future could hold at the Emirates. The Spaniard hasn’t messed about in getting rid of what he considers to be the deadwood at the club, with Mesut Ozil and Matteo Guendouzi shown the door early on, Sokratis and Shkodran Mustafi followed, while the likes of Joe Willock and Ainsley Maitland-Niles have been farmed out on loan, possibly pre-empting a summer move. So with these departures will surely come some arrivals to the club, as the Gunners look to be heading in a new direction and will be back among the leading pack once we come out the ...