Arsenal chased the dream signing for the position trying to sign Vinicius Junior. Arsenal I think rightly balked at the price for the next best alternatives of Morgan Rogers and Bradley Barcola. They explored Kenan Yildiz but they were rebuffed by Juventus. Arsenal tried to enter the race for Julian Alvarez but he decided it was Barcelona or nothing. The other options beyond that left you in the good-but-not-elite range and you would have still been left paying premium prices.

It doesn’t feel good to come away without a certain improvement to address this area of need. Every match where Arsenal struggle in attack will re-open this wound. I am already dreading having to re-litigate this over and over for the next 4-5 months (or maybe even longer) but this was the major need in the squad and now that the window is closed it still is.

The additions that Arsenal did make added quality to the squad, at least for the short term but I am not sure the club accomplished what they set out to do in this window. The quote from Mikel Arteta right after the loss to PSG has been something on my mind all summer long:

“We want to reach another level. We're going to have to show that ambition because they are more than capable of doing it but it's going to demand us to be very, very ambitious, very fast and very smart.”

fun43 wrote: ↑02 Aug 2026, 21:14 Trossardą reikia bandyt pakeist.