The Gunners boss already has one eye set on the summer transfer window as he bids to build the squad more to his liking.
Mikel Arteta has confirmed Arsenal have begun planning for everything ahead of the summer transfer window.
The London club made progress in the winter by allowing fringe players such as Mesut Ozil, Shkodran Mustafi, Matt Macey, Sead Kolasinac, and Sokratis Papastathopoulos to leave.
But while offloading them and their huge wage bills is a plus, Arteta and Arsenal’s technical director Edu must now begin bringing in players who can make the club more competitive.
Arteta on summer transfers: "We are planning everything for the summer, the same with the board, with Vinai [Venkatesham], with Tim [Lewis], & with the owners. We are very clear on how we want to do it" #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/vtkGhrSbVJ
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“We are planning everything for the summer, the same with the board, with [chief executive] Vinai [Venkatesham], with [non-executive director] Tim [Lewis], and with the owners,” Arteta told Sky Sports.
“We are very clear on how we want to do it.
“When you have to change 10 or 12 things in one window [as in January] it’s a lot, and that has some consequences with what has happened in previous months and what is going to happen in the following months.
“We still have quite a lot of things to do, but we will get to the point, hopefully, where it’s just ticking off a few things and the stability is there, because you need that as well to be consistent and be competitive.”
Arsenal will visit West Ham on Sunday afternoon for their next Premier League match.
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