{"id":719264,"date":"2026-06-06T15:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719264\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:47:09","slug":"arsenal-transfers-gunners-decide-two-major-priorities-this-summer-as-first-new-signing-virtually-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719264\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal transfers: Gunners decide two &#8216;major priorities&#8217; this summer as first &#8216;new&#8217; signing &#8216;virtually done&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Arsenal have two \u2018major priorities\u2019 in the transfer market this summer, while their first \u2018new\u2019 signing is \u2018virtually done\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Gunners <\/a>are coming off winning the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years, but their 2025\/26 campaign ended on a sour note as they lost on penalties against PSG in the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta<\/a>\u2018s side are already in a strong position to retain the Premier League title next season, but they will be active in the transfer market this summer.<\/p>\n<p>There is room for improvement in several positions, but they are likely to focus on improving their attack after some players underperformed this season.<\/p>\n<p>And<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/arsenal\/prioritise-double-attacking-signing-first-summer-transfer-jeremy-monga-agreed\" target=\"_blank\"> a report from our colleagues at TEAMtalk claims<\/a> Arsenal chiefs have decided that they have \u2018two major priorities in mind this summer: A world-class striker to provide competition for Viktor Gyokeres. And a new left-sided winger to add real pep to the attack\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-chelsea-transfer-targets-10-best-available-strikers-ranking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alvarez, Osimhen, Kroupi: Arsenal, Chelsea targets in ranking of top 10 available strikers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First \u2018new\u2019 Arsenal summer signing \u2018virtually done\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With Arsenal linked with Julian Alvarez, Junior Kroupi and Morgan Rogers, there is work to be done for these potential additions.<\/p>\n<p>But the report from TEAMtalk claims their move for Leicester City starlet Jeremy Monga is now \u2018virtually done\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018While the Gunners have agreed a summer deal to make Piero Hincapie\u2019s move permanent from Bayer Leverkusen, the first new signing of the summer looks set to be Jeremy Monga.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The 16-year-old winger made 30 appearances for Leicester this season, despite his tender years, and with TEAMtalk confirming that a deal to sign him from the Foxes is virtually done.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/calafiori-curious-case-sell-on-sell-on-clause\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riccardo Calafiori and the curious case of the sell-on, sell-on clause which might force change<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And former Crystal Palace forward Clinton Morrison has told TEAMtalk why he thinks Arsenal are right to be targeting a new striker and winger this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do need another striker to put pressure on Gyokeres and contend with [Kai] Havertz,\u201d Morrison told TEAMtalk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need an out-and-out quality striker. And they do need another left winger because they might lose a few players like Gabriel Jesus, who wants to go and play regular football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThey need to keep evolving and improving. I think Arsenal will strengthen again in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019ll be the team that everyone\u2019s looking at as capable of dominating for a few years now. It\u2019s down to the other teams to put pressure on Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that\u2019s not maybe how Arteta always wants to set his teams up, but I feel like they have to go to that next level and continue to evolve and progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-dowman-ngumoha-pfa-nominations-criminal-bournemouth-newcastle-west-ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Dowman, Ngumoha PFA nominations criminal ahead of Bournemouth, Newcastle and West Ham stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Arsenal potentially dominating for a few years, Morrison said: \u201cI think Arsenal are in the best shape to dominate for a few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be difficult because Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City are all going to strengthen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the moment while all those other teams are doing a bit of rebuilding, I think Arsenal can just kick on and go from strength to strength.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Arsenal have two \u2018major priorities\u2019 in the transfer market this summer, while their first \u2018new\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[3361,64,63,596,818,44,1614,85],"class_list":["post-719264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-home-page","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}