Arsenal are preparing their summer business already, with two deals reportedly in the can
Arsenal have struck their second deal of the summer – with the buying club set to accept their offer, “without hesitation”.
The Gunners appear to be out of the title race, finding themselves 13 points behind Liverpool with just 11 games to play. Manager Mikel Arteta has struggled with injuries all term and is currently missing four first-team forwards, in the shape of Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus.
After a goalless draw against Nottingham Forest last night, Arteta told his post-match conference, that Arsenal are “adapting the quality that we have”, but with just the Champions League left to play for, there's an acceptance that this summer could be a big one in terms of squad churn.
Arsenal look like losing several players this summer. Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kieran Tierney, Leandro Trossard, Jakub Kiwior, Fabio Vieira and Reiss Nelson are all candidates to leave, while major first-team stars, Thomas Partey and Jorginho, are both out of contract.
In anticipation of either no.6 actually departing, The Mail journalist Sami Mokbelbroke the exclusive last month that a transfer for Martin Zubimendi was “virtually complete” – but now, it appears as if the next deal is ready to go, too.
Spanish outlet AS has reported on Espanyolgoalkeeper, Joan Garcia, who has been consistently linked to Arsenal over the last year or so.
Last summer, the North Londoners had agreed terms with the Spaniard but failed to land him after refusing to meet the player's release clause. Instead, Arsenal signed Bournemouth stopper Neto on loan.