Arsenal's fixture release shows importance of early transfer business

Arsenal faces a tough start domestically in 2025, which makes it important to get summer deals done quickly.

Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side now know who they play and when in the 2025/26 Premier League season, and to say the Gunners have a tough start is an understatement.

But what it does do, is highlight that if the club is serious about winning the title, then its summer business has to be handled and handled quickly.

With Martin Zubimendi thought to be close to signing, and the club's striker search, which reportedly has led them to RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko, those are two moves that must be completed, and ideally, before the Gunners begin their preseason work next month.

But back to that fixture reveal.

Arsenal's transfer business crucial after fixture release

Looking at Arsenal's first six league fixtures of the new season, it doesn't get much tougher.

The Gunners face (not in order) Manchester United (A), Liverpool (A), and Newcastle (A), while hosting Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, and the newly promoted Leeds United.

Now, without getting too up in arms, this could easily be a period where the Gunners could, if things go badly, find themselves behind in the title race to the point where it is going to require something substantial to claw themselves back into contention.

Four of those six games are against teams that finished in the top five last season, and three of those four games are on the road.

Yeah, that's a brutal start.

But it doesn't have to be.

If the Gunners get their summer deals done as soon as they can, and get Zubimendi, Sesko, and others in and get them acclimated and up to speed on the game style and build that team chemistry in preseason, then those first six fixtures look far less daunting.

However, if we get to opening day away at United, and still no striker has been brought in, can we expect the Gunners to fare well in that six-game stretch? That's a tall order.

Plus any new player needs time to get acclimated to the league as well.

So if the Gunners didn't know the importance if getting their summer deals done in an orderly fashion, the fixture release should.

Because while you can't win the title in September, you can certainly lose it.

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