da pinnacle： With Arsenal eventually finishing runners up to champions Leicester, it was once again a case of The Gunners passing up a fantastic opportunity for silverware, mainly due to a post-Christmas collapse.
da pixbet： That collapse has prompted Arsene Wenger to bring in Switzerland’s Granit Xhaka already, while the club have tried, and failed, to lure in Jamie Vardy, showing their desire to get business done.
The need for reinforcements up front is known, but with any signatures made, the club will need to axe players to clear space and funds for wages.
Let’s highlight four players who could be off in the next few weeks…
Theo Walcott
27-year-old Theo Walcott has spent more than a decade under the stewardship of Arsene Wenger, and once one of many great hopes for both club and country it’s fair to say that he has never hit the heights expected. The question now is will he get any better.
He fell out of favour towards the end of the season and that lack of game time, coupled with a dip in form when he did play, meant that he wasn’t selected for England’s EURO 2016 squad by Roy Hodgson. For someone who used to be in the starting XI, that is quite the fall from grace for the former Southampton player.
Walcott isn’t quite angling for a move just yet, but failing to get into the side at the start of the season could see a deadline day transfer away from north London.
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Kieran Gibbs
Another long serving Arsenal player, and again one who may have seen his best days at the Emirates. Pushed down the pecking order by Hector Bellerin, manager Arsene Wenger seems to have made his mind up as to his is first choice at left-back and Gibbs could be the odd one out.
Another player who failed to make the England squad due to not being able to hold down a first-team place, if Gibbs does have hopes of resurrecting his international career then perhaps he may be suited with a move away to rejuvenate his hopes.
Still a very useful player on his day and one that could do a job for a number of Premier League clubs.
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Mathieu Debuchy
After a first season that was curtailed by injury but still ended up in with FA Cup success, the second season was almost non-existent for Debuchy. So desperate was he for first-team football last season that he nearly signed for Aston Villa on loan!
After only two league appearances last season it seems as if the France international has been frozen and is now arguably the fourth choice right-back at the club. With Carl Jenkinson now back on the books you would imagine once fit, and if he isn’t farmed out on loan again, that he will go above Debuchy in the right-back ranks.
For Debuchy it seems as if a move away will be the only way in which he will get game time next season.
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Calum Chambers
Jack of all trades, master of none. That is the problem that Chambers is facing. Yes he can play in many positions, but he isn’t being trusted with the task of playing in any. A good comparison would be over the road at Tottenham and Eric Dier.
Dier was also tarred with that brush, but once he was given a position and then given the game time to settle into it, he and Tottenham have never looked back. The problem that Chambers has is that you can’t see where he would fit in Arsenal’s starting XI.
Granit Xhaka has pushed him down the queue in centre midfield and he is far down the pecking order in terms of defenders. A handy player to have due to his utility perhaps Arsene Wenger may loan him out this season for his own personal development. Regular game time is needed soon for Chambers before all that potential goes to waste.
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