Arsenal transfer news: 'We are excited' - Mikel Arteta drops 'big' summer transfer hint

31 March 2025, 21:46 | Updated: 1 April 2025, 12:43

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is expecting a big summer of spending to help the club take “the next step” and end their wait for silverware.

Arteta was speaking a day after the Gunners announced their successor to sporting director Edu, with Andrea Berta, formerly of Atletico Madrid, taking the reins.

Arsenal, whose last trophy was the 2020 FA Cup, have been criticised for not signing a striker in recent windows, and their failure to act has been exposed in the second half of this season with Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus both sidelined.

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