The Gunners had a relatively quiet summer transfer window as they made just four new signings. The club's net spend was just £20 million.

There is bound to be more transfer activity next year and it is claimed that the London giants are lining up an approach for Valencia's Guerra.

Guerra has a huge £85m release clause in his contract with Los Che, but the Spanish outfit could be willing to sell him for around £25m.

The 21-year-old is attracting interest from several high-profile teams in Spain, but he prefers to move to Arsenal due to Mikel Arteta 's presence.

Arsenal made just one new midfield signing in the recent transfer window . Mikel Merino was recruited from Real Sociedad for around £32m.

Merino is unlikely to make his debut until the second half of October, having suffered a shoulder fracture during his first training session.

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