IT’S GOING TO BE BIG! Arsenal’s summer transfer window REVEALED | Mikel Arteta EMBARGO

Football

Year2025

Duration10m

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Mikel Arteta talks through Arsenal’s transfer window stages and says the club have been preparing for a ‘big’ transfer window this summer. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro. 00:13 - Exciting summer ahead?: The way we planned the first five summers, they were going to be big. Now when you go again, we need to increase the depth and certain qualities. It’s going to be big. 01:08 - Saka hamstring surgery: It’s becoming more common but we needed to weigh the risk and reward of the surgery. It was an easy decision. 01:55 - Map out the summers?: We had players with 3/4/5 year contracts, the way you start to evolve. The margins are thinner and smaller. 02:40 - Seen this summer for a while?: It’s not only about investing. There are certain positions where we expected Ethan and Myles. 03:10 - Lewis-Skelly’s ball protection?: That’s something natural on him, when he plays in defence he needs coaching on space but he does it natural. 03:48 - Saka to adapt his game: When you look at the consistency levels, sometimes these things happen to the best players. Everything is increasing. 04:31 - Nervous about first game after hamstring injury?: He’s done everything so many times. All the boxes he ticked. Saka’s been good in the process. 05:17 - Lewis-Skelly England goal: Him and Nwaneri, they’ve come from a process without professional football. It’s like going from karting to formula 1. 06:03 - Confident getting the centre forward you want?: What I’m confident about is how he’s going to make everyone better. How passionate he is about what he does, I want to add value. 06:47 - Target 2nd place or anywhere in top four?: I appreciate the question but the focus is winning against Fulham. 07:05 - First and everything else: The target is one, the rest let’s see. 07:16 - Nwaneri role?: He proved he was ready. It’s about the impact he has. 07:45 - Bukayo around the team?: He’s been great, with Nwaneri and others and the support he’s given others. It’s good to see a side of the players. 08:22