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Arsenal: 7 upcoming transfer sales that need to happen

By Ross Kennerley

Arsenal's Spanish manager Mikel Arteta gestures during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Norwich City at the Emirates Stadium in London on September 11, 2021. - - 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 DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / 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. / 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 DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)
Arsenal's Spanish manager Mikel Arteta gestures during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Norwich City at the Emirates Stadium in London on September 11, 2021. - - 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 DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / 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. / 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 DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Arsenal, Pablo Mari
LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 08: Pablo Mari of Arsenal in action during The MIND Series match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on August 08, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images) /

5. Pablo Mari

Pablo Mari was never excellent. What he did do to his credit was come into an Arsenal side where Gabriel had struggled and brought a calmness and leadership. His pairing with Holding had its moments albeit against weaker opposition, with many even claiming that Mari should have kept his place over Gabriel.

This season has come around and he has been dreadful. There is no sugar coating it, against Brentford and Chelsea he was so off the pace that he was still playing in the 2020 League One play-offs.

Bullied, sluggish and positionally unaware, his displays were so shocking that Arteta even fielded Sead Kolsinac in his stead for the trip to Manchester City. When Sead Kolasinac is playing ahead of you at centre-half you best wake up and smell the roses.

Mari also has a deal running until 2024 and come next summer he is another player who could be moved on with an internal solution ready and waiting. Saliba is more than capable of playing at left centre-back even if it’s not his best position, although Arteta’s insistence on having that balance could work against him.

The Spaniard is one to be moved on and ‘Levante for £1m’ feels somewhat inevitable.

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