How does every Premier League club's summer window rank?
Sky Sports reporters rank and analyse every Premier League club's summer transfer window; top-flight clubs smashed their spending record, splashing £3.48bn on new signings
After a summer that brought record spending and Deadline Day drama, Sky Sports' reporters rank every Premier League club's window...
Eight is the number of senior players out and that's why I give Arsenal's summer business eight out of 10.
Gabriel Jesus , Gabriel Martinelli , Leandro Trossard , Christian Norgaard , Fabio Viera , Ethan Nwaneri (loan), Jakob Kiwior and Reiss Nelson are all out of the building, with the exception of Nwaneri - who still has a big future at the club - deemed surplus to requirements.
If the club had secured a left winger to replace the two they sold, I'd have given nine out of 10. Either Vinicius Junior or Julian Alvarez coming in and it would have been a perfect 10. In the end, it wasn't to be.
Securing either was always a long shot but Arsenal deserve credit for even being in the conversation.
Fans are disappointed those two didn't come to the Emirates. But they accept it and understand.
Many, though, don't accept or understand why last season's two main left-sided attackers haven't been fully replaced. The club would have if they could have. But the right fit never emerged after the Vinicius saga.
So it's make do on the left. And the hierarchy, like Mikel Arteta , believe there's enough in the squad to do that. Newcomer Christos Tzolis , if a bit shaky last time out at Villa Park, has done well. The fans already love him.
Eberechi Eze has shown he can be impressive there as well. Also, Noni Madueke and Bukayo Saka can both do a job on the left if required.
In fact, playing one of them there is another way of giving Max Dowman more minutes. He could play down the right.
There's even a school of thought that Riccardo Calafiori could push further up the pitch. Remember Arteta finding new, unexpected roles for Mikel Merino and Myles Lewis-Skelly ?
So, no new left winger. And no new striker. But Arteta has more options everywhere else.
One look at the bench at Villa Park underlines that. Injuries allowing, Arsenal have quality depth in defence and midfield.
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