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Good business? Ranking all of Arsenal’s 2020/21 season transfers By Josh Graham Now the season has ended it is time to rank Mikel Arteta’s business in the transfer market from both the windows last summer and in January.  Thomas Partey 6/10 It was finally Partey time on deadline day at the end of last summer’s delayed transfer window. Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey arrived from Atletico Madrid for £45million with big expectations after some impressive engine room displays in La Liga. Much like the team as a whole, there have been glimpses of the real quality Partey can bring to the side but overall he has failed to live up to the hype in his first Premier League campaign. The 27-year-old has battled with injury and if he can string a run of games together next season is sure to become a fans favourite and help boss games in the middle for Arteta. Gabriel Magalhaes 6/10 Another man who arrived to much fanfare, centre-back Gabriel rocked up at the Emirates for £23.5m after Gunners...

Dani Ceballos can go but Arsenal need to snap up other two loan stars By Peter White The countdown to Arsenal’s biggest clash of the campaign is almost over, with the outcome of Thursday night’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Villarreal likely to point towards the sort of summer Arsenal fans can expect.  If Mikel Arteta’s men overcome the 2-1 disadvantage and successfully navigate themselves into the competition showpiece for the second time in three seasons, a spot in next year’s Champions League remains within reach.  A return to the premier continental competition would enhance the club’s ability to attract some of the planet’s hottest prospects, with the 14-time FA Cup winners bidding to recapture former glories under the Spaniard.  Exiting at the last-four stage however would mark the latest blemish on a largely disappointing campaign, particularly due to domestic form that sees the Gunners languishing in ninth place in the Premier League, with four game...

Rating Arsenal's January transfer business By Peter White After such a turgid start to the 2020/21 season, Arsenal have enjoyed a fruitful January with Saturday’s goalless draw at home to Manchester United ensuring they completed the month unbeaten in the league.   Rewind to December 22 and the Gunners had just endured a 4-1 humiliation at the hands of Manchester City in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, while a run of no wins in seven in the Premier League had them looking over their shoulder at the relegation zone.   Boss Mikel Arteta has emphatically turned things around since then though, with an eyebrow-raising 3-1 win over Chelsea just four days later proving the springboard for a rapid upturn in fortunes that has seen Arsenal emerge as real contenders for a top-four place.   A valuable point against the Red Devils - without the likes of Bukayo Saka, Kieran Tierney and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the Arsenal ranks - means they head into February unbeat...