Mikel Arteta forced into four-year Arsenal transfer change after £70m double deal

With July fast approaching, we could be set for a sudden surge in announcements from Arsenal.

While Manchester City and Liverpool - as well as Chelsea and Manchester United - have already made big moves in the transfer market, the Gunners have kept their powder dry as yet.

No new incoming signings have been announced, although there are many that are close to completion, and with the end of the financial year - for the Premier League - coming at the end of June, Arsenal may well be ready to confirm deals within the new Profit & Sustainability Rules window.

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Kepa Arrizabalaga looks set to complete a £5million move across London to sign from rivals Chelsea, to provide competition for No.1 David Raya following Neto's return to Bournemouth.

It is further up the pitch where things get interesting, however, with no one any the wiser as yet as to what is going to happen up front, with Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko both heavily linked with moves to the Emirates Stadium.

We do know what is going to happen in midfield though and that is intriguing in itself.

Arsenal have known for some time that they were due to lose both Jorginho and Thomas Partey this summer following the expiration of their contracts in north London.

While Jorginho has already departed for Flamengo, there have been talks over renewing Partey's deal with the club. However, there has not been any breakthrough on this and Arsenal have already made plans to be without the Ghanaian international.

Martin Zubimendi is set to complete a £55million move to Arsenal from Real Sociedad, again likely to be announced once we head into July. But with no breakthrough in talks to keep Partey at the club, sporting director Andrea Berta has acted.

Christian Norgaard looks set to complete a £10million (rising to £15million with add-ons) move across London from Brentford to make it two central midfield signings in the same window.

Mikel Arteta has not done that since 2021/22, when Martin Odegaard and Albert Sambi Lokonga were both brought into the club. Odegaard has gone on to become club captain, while Lokonga remains on the fringes, with the Gunners keen to sell him this summer.

Everyone at Arsenal will be hoping both Norgaard and Zubimendi can be a success this time around, but it shows Arteta's hand that with Partey also on the way out he was not willing to leave himself short in the central midfield department heading into the 2025/26 campaign. If two leave, two come in.