It is the most the club has ever spent in a single window and they were the biggest spenders in the Premier League. They agreed and secured a £19.8m beat-the-deadline move for Bologna defender Takehiro Tomiyasu to try and solve the right back issue. Ainsley Maitland-Niles is staying at Arsenal after clear-the-air talks with Arteta who had been left fuming with the England international’s social media post, pleading with the club to let him join Everton. Arsenal have backed Arteta to the hilt in this window after already spending £140m on Ben White, Aaron Ramsdale, Martin Odegaard, Nuno Tavares and Albert-Sambi Lokonga. Brazil winger William also completed his switch to Corinthians having torn up the last two years of his £240,000-a-week contract with Arsenal, saving the club around £20m.

Source: Daily Mirror August 31, 2021 21:22 UTC