Arsenal’s Sporting Director, Edu Gaspar, has been busy across the summer trying to tweak Mikel Arteta’s squad—making certain it was well-prepared for another tilt at the Premier League title Manchester City have made their own in recent years.
Here, we take a look at every deal Arsenal have completed during the transfer window, including arrivals, departures, loans, and contract renewals.
Quick Transfer Summary
Transfer Income: €90.80m
Transfer Expenditure: €109.80m
27 players from the first-team and Academy left the club permanently.
Seven other players were loaned out.
Five players were signed for the first-team squad.
Two goalkeepers joined the Academy, and eight players signed their first professional contracts with the club.
Transfer Window Timeline
30 August: 29-year-old England winger Raheem Sterling joins on loan from Chelsea.
35-year-old Brazilian goalkeeper Neto joins on loan from Bournemouth.
24-year-old English winger Reiss Nelson joins Fulham on loan.
Aaron Ramsdale, 26-year-old England goalkeeper, joins Southampton for €21.40m.
25-year-old English forward Eddie Nketiah joins fellow London club Crystal Palace for €29.70m.
28 August: 24-year-old Portuguese midfielder Fábio Vieira returns to former club FC Porto on loan.
27 August: 28-year-old Spanish midfielder Mikel Merino is signed from La Liga side Real Sociedad for €32.00m.
26 August: 20-year-old Spanish midfielder Charlie Patino joins Spanish club Deportivo La Coruña for €1.20m.
16 August: Charles Sagoe Jr., 20-year-old English winger, extends his contract, and joins Shrewsbury Town on loan.
14 August: Brooke Norton-Cuffy, 20-year-old English full back joins Italian club Genoa for €2.00m.
13 August: Karl Hein join Spanish club Real Valladolid on loan.
02 August: Hale End graduate Emile Smith Rowe, 24-year-old English midfielder, joins Premier League side Fulham for €31.80m.
29 July: 22-year-old Italy international defender Riccardo Calafiori is signed from Serie A side Bologna for €45.00m.
21 July: Tommy Setford, 18-year-old English goalkeeper, is signed from Ajax for €900k.
17 July: Jack Henry-Francis joins Sligo Rovers on loan.
16 July: 18-year-old Colombian goalkeeper Alexei Rojas signs his first professional contract.
15 July: Albert Sambi Lokonga joins Spanish club Sevilla on loan.
Nuno Tavares joins Italian side Lazio on loan.
08 July: Welsh centre back Brayden Clarke signs his first professional contract.
21-year-old Denmark youth international Mika Biereth joins Austrian club Sturm Graz for €4.70m.
04 July: 28-year-old Spanish goalkeeper David Raya is signed permanently from Brentford for €31.90m.
Seven Academy players sign their first professional contracts: Brian Okonkwo, Josh Nichols, Osman Kamara, Ismeal Kabia, Harrison Dudziak, Maldini Kacurri, and Sebastian Ferdinand.
30 June: Mohamed Elneny, Cédric Soares, and Arthur Okonkwo depart the club upon expiration of their contracts.
Arsenal release eighteen Academy players at end-of-contract: Mauro Bandeira, Cătălin Cîrjan, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Henry Davies, Ovie Ejeheri, Taylor Foran, Hubert Graczyk, James Hillson, Henry Jeffcott, Tyreece John-Jules, Alex Kirk, James Lannin-Sweet, Kido Taylor-Hart, Reuell Walters, Omari Benjamin, Luis Brown, Noah Cooper, and Kamarni Ryan.
27 June: Lucas Nygaard, 18-year-old Danish goalkeeper, is signed from Nordsjælland.
24 June: 22-year-old Estonian international goalkeeper Karl Hein extends his contract with the club.
All transfer fees were taken from Transfermarkt.com