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5 transfers Arsenal are failing to complete this summer

By Ross Kennerley

BURNLEY, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta during the Premier League match between Burnley and Arsenal at Turf Moor on March 06, 2021 in Burnley, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Chloe Knott - Danehouse/Getty Images)
BURNLEY, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta during the Premier League match between Burnley and Arsenal at Turf Moor on March 06, 2021 in Burnley, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Chloe Knott - Danehouse/Getty Images) /
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Arsenal, Sead Kolasinac
LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 01: Sead Kolasinac of Arsenal tangles with Tammy Abraham of Chelsea during the Pre Season Friendly between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on August 1, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images) /

2. Sead Kolasinac

Age: 28
Contract expiry: 2022
Rumoured wages: £100k-per-week

When your replacement has been signed and you’re still at the football club one month on it’s plain to see just how painful an operation it is trying to shift Sead Kolasinac.

There are no disagreements surrounding his future: Arsenal want to move him on and he is keen on doing likewise. Leaving in January to join Schalke 04 not only indicated how minimal the market is for a left-back who can’t pass but also how little enjoyment he was having in north London.

He wants out of Arsenal and in whatever way that can be achieved, it will be.

Which of course indicates – as was fairly obvious from the moment he returned in the summer – that a contract termination is due. Turkish outlet Fanatik are suggesting it’s precisely that that Fenerbahce are pushing for, as they want to sign the Bosnian but only on a free deal having already agreed personal terms.

Unsurprisingly, Mesut Ozil is helping to try and get this deal over line. Not quite sure how, but he is. Apparently.

In any case Kolasinac just needs to go. Arsenal have tried to sell him for even a minimal fee to no avail, and their struggles to do so are hardly surprising – he won’t be here come August 31 as he won’t even be picked for the Premier League squad.

Cancelling contracts are just admissions of failure in sheep’s clothing but we’re all sick of wool now and are in need of a change of wardrobe.

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