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4 transfer decisions that cost Arsenal tens of millions

By Ross Kennerley

Middlesbrough's English defender Calum Chambers looks dejected at the draw at the end of the English Premier League football match between Middlesbrough and Manchester City at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, northeast England on April 30, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Lindsey PARNABY / 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 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo credit should read LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)
Middlesbrough's English defender Calum Chambers looks dejected at the draw at the end of the English Premier League football match between Middlesbrough and Manchester City at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, northeast England on April 30, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Lindsey PARNABY / 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 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo credit should read LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images) /
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – JULY 13: Alexandre Lacazette of Arsenal during the Pre-Season Friendly between Hibernian and Arsenal at Easter Road on July 13, 2021 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images) /

4. Alexandre Lacazette – Undisclosed

The famous ‘substantial bid’ from Roma. One that’s amount hasn’t been disclosed but can, with a healthy degree of confidence, be concluded is more than nothing.

‘Nothing’ being what Arsenal will get from Lacazette when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Reported by The Athletic’s David Ornstein last November, it was confirmed that Roma had submitted an undisclosed offer for the Frenchman in the closing stages the summer window. It was considered below the Gunners’ valuation.

While ‘substantial’ gives us some indication of the size, how much that was is open for interpretation. Yet at this stage Eddie Nketiah was making inroads in the side with Arteta even selecting him ahead of Lacazette at points in the previous season and Aubameyang was still the number one striker in the squad.

There might not have been much time to secure a replacement but the result of turning that deal down is not just whatever the transfer fee was but indeed two whole years of £180k-per-week wages being parted with.

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Will Arsenal be ruing that decision now? Without doubt.

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