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Highbury Hillbilly wrote:Doubt they can do more without crossing PSR limits. We made £80m in sales in the summer, but we paid £90m for Raya, Calafiori and Merino. Add in a £20m installment for Rice, £13m installment for Havertz, plus fat new contracts for Saliba, Saka and Mikel. Not much cash left in the till.

As per Swiss Ramble’s estimates, Arsenal could see a £13m pre-tax loss this season, a reduction on the £52m from 2022/23 and the £45m from 2021/22 thanks in no small part to the return of Champions League football.

Allowable deductions for the club were pegged at £41m for 2021/22, £40m for 2022/23, while the prediction is £42m for 2023/24. That means a total of £123m in allowable deductions over the three-year period, with the rolling loss standing at £111m, if the £13m figure is correct.

The net PSR result, after deductions, for 2021/22 was negative £2m, while for 2022/23 it was £12m. The club are predicted to be PSR net positive for 2023/24 at £29m, meaning the three-year net PSR position will be £14m, making an allowable loss for the club for 2023/24 of £119m, meaning that they have plenty of headroom and no PSR concerns.

Assuming the same level of allowable deduction are applied to the current financial year of 2024/25, then the forecast is that Arsenal, for the current reporting period that runs until the end of May, could lose as much £164m before tax and still be able to remain PSR compliant. The club won’t get anywhere near that kind of loss having enjoyed another season in the Champions League, albeit with some additional wage spend and amortisation costs due to transfer activity.

Arsenal are considering options to reinforce their attack with Sporting's Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Brentford's Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, 25, on their list. (L'Equipe - in French)

Ach wrote:

Arsenal are considering options to reinforce their attack with Sporting's Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Brentford's Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, 25, on their list. (L'Equipe - in French)

DiamondGooner wrote:

Ach wrote:

Arsenal are considering options to reinforce their attack with Sporting's Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Brentford's Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, 25, on their list. (L'Equipe - in French)

.......hold on, did they just say "considering"??

What's to consider?

Rockape wrote:I still think we should put Martinelli in the middle, up front for a while. He's quick, so all those loose balls bouncing around that none of our players seem to be able to score from, would be ideal for him. He could also play off the last defender and give us an option there.

WTF do we have to lose??

Rockape wrote:I still think we should put Martinelli in the middle, up front for a while. He's quick, so all those loose balls bouncing around that none of our players seem to be able to score from, would be ideal for him. He could also play off the last defender and give us an option there.

WTF do we have to lose??

DiamondGooner wrote:

Rockape wrote:I still think we should put Martinelli in the middle, up front for a while. He's quick, so all those loose balls bouncing around that none of our players seem to be able to score from, would be ideal for him. He could also play off the last defender and give us an option there.

WTF do we have to lose??

I was thinking this myself, it's worth a try.

If he hangs on the last defenders shoulder, he could be really dangerous on a through ball, turning running at goal.

Havertz is used to playing RAM, same position he played at Chelsea, so just try Trossard / Martinelli / Havertz or Sterling

Give Mart a go as striker, could be the making of him, doesn't have the tekkers to skip past players from wide, so let him use his direct play and pace to run at defences centrally.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is speaking now. He is asked for the latest on the club's hopes of signing a striker.

"At the moment we don't have them, we are trying to find the solution," he said.

"We will have to see what we can do."

Arteta isn't directly asked about Martin Zubimendi potentially joining in the summer, but does add: "We are actively always evolving the squad."

DiamondGooner wrote:Arteta looks thoroughly miserable that he's being forced into signing players.

He's actually lucky with Jesus, he now doesn't have to prove to the board Havertz is a success and can request a signing because of the injury.