Arsenal: 3 ways no European football changes transfer strategy

2. More sales possible

Another consequence of the lesser frequency and number of games is the reduced need for a squad. The midweek-weekend schedule throughout the majority of the season is extremely taxing and requires managers to rotate through their squad as they deal with the physical challenges of an entire campaign. However, with Europe no longer in play, that schedule is lightened extensively.

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This means that having a deep squad is not so important. Of course, that does not mean that you can roll through the season with the same 11 players and not worry about injuries or suspensions, but it does mean that having 25 high-level players is not quite as pertinent. This will allow Arsenal to sell.

Where the likes of Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Rob Holding and Lucas Torreira might have been set to play key back-up roles, now, the club might see fit to offload them and reinvest that money in just one player. The same can be said for Sead Kolasinac, Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis, and Emiliano Martinez or Bernd Leno, whichever does not win the starting job. Do you really need to keep both Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang?

Arsenal were already set to offload several first-team players this summer. Their squad is too big and they need to rid of plenty of the deadwood that is hamstringing their spending. But without Europe, they will have the opportunity to be even more ruthless with the decisions they make.