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Shkodran Mustafi, 29, playing for Arsenal against Manchester City Arsenal’s worst ever transfers By Jonny Bray There was a time when Arsenal’s recruitment team was among the most respected in Europe.   From Wright to Fabregas, some truly magnificent players have signed for the Gunners during the club’s history, however, the club have also had their fair share of shockers.   It feels like those shockers have become increasingly common over the last 15 years, but they are by no means exclusive to recent times.   All that’s really changed is how much these failed transfer have ended up costing the club.   Lists like this have been made before and have often been unfair on players who have signed for the club in the last 15 years.   Marouane Chamakh, for example, is a common inclusion in lists of this ilk despite being a free transfer with a relatively average record of eight league goals in 40 appearances across three years.   He didn’t set the world alight bu...

By Oscar Maung-Haley With the news that William Saliba is set to join Marseille on loan after arriving at the Emirates two years ago for a whopping £27m, we look back on Arsenal’s worst transfer dealings of all time… Shkodran Mustafi Signed for a mammoth £35m from Valencia in 2016, Shkodran Mustafi was one of the first names on our list. During his five years at the Emirates, the German defender underwhelmed, developing a bit of a reputation for gaffes and errors. The transfer fee was an enormous outlay for Arsenal at the time. At £35m, he should have been one of Arsenal’s building blocks for the future, helping them challenge for titles and silverware again. But Mustafi never lived up to his price tag, having his contract terminated in February of this year. He now plays for Schalke who got relegated this season…poor guy cannot catch a break! The entire 2011/12 summer transfer window To be honest, a number of the spots on our list could have gone to players from this summer transfer w...