New Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta has an almighty job on his hands to right the wrongs of prior transfer windows this summer
Mikel Merino and Riccardo Calafiori were brought in last summer and while the Spaniard has been an able deputy up top amid the Gunners' injury mayhem, Calafiori has been in and out of the treatment table with injury on a regular basis.
A shiny centre-forward continues to elude Mikel Arteta and Co with the hierarchy at the Emirates Stadium deciding not to sign anyone in the winter window.
That has proven incredibly detrimental to their title challenge, now sitting 12 points behind Liverpool while a Champions League quarter-final tie against Real Madrid awaits. Good luck with that if Merino is still up front
Berta will need a new forward but he must also look at other positions. That includes the Granit Xhaka role which has been left vacated since he departed for Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2023
How Arsenal have tried fixing their Xhaka-shaped hole
When Xhaka left after a career-best season, it left Arsenal supporters feeling a bit empty
The Swiss was a marmite figure and nearly ended his stint at the club after he threw the captain's armband to the floor during that infamous incident against Crystal Palace.