4 Arsenal players who could leave before the transfer deadline

4. Gabriel

Gabriel’s omission from the starting XI has been strange, and while Arteta asserted that his benching has nothing to do with transfer speculation, I find that hard to believe. There must be something to it.

The Brazilian was a stellar performer last season and was a regular starter throughout the summer, why has he suddenly been dropped for the start of the new Premier League campaign and merely utilised to see out a game? It just doesn’t make sense.

There have been links to the Saudi Pro League, although I’m almost certain Arsenal aren’t going to sell such a prized asset at this stage of the window. That’d be catastrophic.

Nevertheless, I wouldn’t be surprised, especially if he doesn’t start again on Sunday, if the rumours heat up just before the conclusion of the Saudi transfer deadline on 7 September.