Arsenal have been criticized for not being aggressive enough in the summer transfer window, and they paid for it dearly this season by falling well and truly out of the Premier League title race after failing to sign a striker in summer 2024.
Now, the Gunners are firmly in the market for a top striker in the summer 2025 transfer window, but they have also been linked to two world-class midfielders in Bruno Guimaraes and Martin Zubimendi, who will reportedly be the priorities of the new sporting director.
GiveMeSport insider Ben Jacobs corroborates this information and adds in his own report that Arsenal will have a whopping 300 million pounds to spend in the coming transfer window.
That’s major cash that Arsenal can use to sign both those midfielders – if they want to – and still have money left over for any striker transfer target they want, including emerging Newcastle superstar Alexander Isak, who could cost the same amount as both Zubi and Bruno G. combined.
Arsenal need forwards
Arsenal are also in the market for Viktor Gyokeres, Nico Williams, Benjamin Sesko, Hugo Ekitike, and other top forwards around European football with gaping holes on the left wing and at striker in their attack.
If 300 million pounds sounds too good to be true, then I don’t blame you. I would not have any qualms with Arsenal fans approaching this report with skepticism, because not even clubs like Manchester City and PSG spend that much money in one transfer window these days.
And you don’t have to look far to see a recent example of a club spending that kind of money, only for it to backfire miserably (cough, Chelsea, cough), so Arsenal will want to tread carefully here.
That said, they’ve made the mistake of being too prudent in the past, and that kind of lack of urgency can cost titles, which has been the case these last few seasons for Arsenal.
In addition to midfield and attacking targets, it’s possible Arsenal try to sign another fullback, though after nabbing the versatile Riccardo Calafiori last summer as their first transfer move of the window, it’s more likely that the Gunners save all their ammunition for a quartet of impact players further up the pitch.
Even if Arsenal “only” spend half that amount on the transfer market this summer, it should be more than enough for the club to secure two world-class players who can boost their attacking output in 2025/26.
Joe Soriano covers West Ham for Green Street Hammers and writes about Real Madrid for The Real Champs. He has extensive experience covering world football since 2014. Joe is an editor for The Trivela Effect, where he covers the biggest clubs in European football. He has watched professional sports regularly since 2002 and can be found playing the same sports he covers with his friends.