FC Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspurs

King of Loss wrote: I wouldn't go that far as there was still quite a separation between us and the likes of Everton, West Ham, Newcastle and Wolves, but if the owner doesn't spend, that could well be the case over the next 5 years. We really need to buy a reliable defender like Liverpool has done with Virgil Van Dijk. Mustafi is good, but way too error prone. Sokratis is really not at the level of someone that should be playing for Arsenal and Koscielny is way over the hill... A world-class central defender would be much appreciated, Kroenke!

Another team I neglected to mention who are now within Arsenal's 's slipstream: Leicester City (who finished 9th in the EPL) Not even the most rabid Gooner could argue against the following players walking UNCONTESTED into the Arsenal first team - Chilwell, MacGuire, Evans, Pereira, Ndidi, Albrighton, Tielemans, Maddison and Gray. If the rumour mill is to be believed, Emery will only be given between $40M and $50M to spend this summer (although player sales may increase this sum) If that is the case, the club will have no choice but to blood the academy youngsters and forage around for undiscovered gems in the lower leagues. With any luck we can survive as a mid table EPL club until such time as Kroenke sells up when his income streams start to dwindle. It will take between 5 and 10 years for Arsenal to reclaim their place at football's top table both domestically and in Europe.