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Arsenal: 4 crucial upcoming transfers in summer window

By Ross Kennerley

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Arsenal's Spanish manager Mikel Arteta gestures from the side-lines during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Arsenal at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on March 6, 2021. (Photo by PETER POWELL / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by PETER POWELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /
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MAINZ, GERMANY – JANUARY 23: Tyler Adams of RB Leipzig remonstrates with the Referee, Christian Dingert (not pictured) during the Bundesliga match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and RB Leipzig. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) /

2. Right-Back

Players linked:

  • Max Aarons
  • Emerson Royal
  • Tyler Adams
  • Mert Müldür
  • Zeki Celik
  • Noussair Mazraoui

Looking at the transfer window and working your way down the priority list, right-back probably ranks as the least essential of all the areas in need of strengthening.

Do Arsenal need a new first choice right-back? Absolutely. But if someone points a gun to your head and makes you choose one position that needn’t be dealt with this window then it’s the one where Calum Chambers can fill in.

If Arsenal were to start the season with Chambers at right-back, there wouldn’t be too many complaints if other areas were bolstered. Naturally there can be an improvement – ideally someone with a couple of yards more pace – but the Englishman took big strides as the season progressed to the point where he was a solid and reliable option.

The benefit of him being able to tuck inside when Arsenal are in possession and adopt the usual 2-3-5 formation strengthens his case, as well as having a wicked delivery on him matched only by Kieran Tierney on the opposite flank.

A position with multiple targets linked, as the summer wears on it wouldn’t come as a surprise to see right-back be left until the end.

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