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Unai Emery drops Mustafi exit hint

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Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac not making the trip to Newcastle due to safety concerns dominated the Arsenal team selection news, meaning that the exclusion of another senior pro went fairly unnoticed.

Shkodran Mustafi was not even on the bench in Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Newcastle on Sunday.

Despite being fit and available for selection having played a full part in preseason, Emery’s decision to leave the experienced German out indicates that Mustafi is not part of his future plans.

Emery opted to start Calum Chambers alongside Sokratis in the heat of Arsenal’s defence. Chambers was exceptional on loan at Fulham last season – but played the majority of the season in defensive midfield.

David Luiz was the only defender selected on the bench.

With Laurent Koscielny gone, and Arsenal without the services of Rob Holding, Hector Bellerin, Kieran Tierney and Saed Kolasinac, Emery decided not to have Mustafi on the bench despite a lack of other options.

With the transfer window still open across Europe, expect Mustafi to leave the club in the next couple of weeks.

Keenos

The Top 6: Who is still left from 2012/13?

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With the transfer window slamming shut, Arsenal’s activity has left them with just 2 members of the squad who have been with the club since the 2012/13 season. Nacho Monreal and Damián Martinez.

This summer we have seen Carl Jenkinson and Laurent Koscileny both leave. They were the only two remaining players from the 2012/13 squad picture, with Monreal joined us in the January transfer window.

It feels like a huge squad turnover, that out of the 35 players to have pulled on an Arsenal shirt during that season, just 2 remains.

How does this compare with the rest of the top 6?

Liverpool – 1

Just Jordan Henderson remains from Liverpool’s 2012/13 squad. They have the highest turnover over all of the top 6. Not a surprise considering they finished 7th that season.

Chelsea – 1

following David Luiz joining Arsenak, just 1 member of the Chelsea squad of 2012/13 remain. Club captain César Azpilicueta.

Arsenal – 2

The aforementioned Nacho Monreal is still at the club having signed a 1 year extension a month or so ago. Damián Martinez played twice in the League Cup that year.

Manchester City – 2

David Silva and Sergio Aguero are the only 2 players left from a Manchester City team that finished the 2012/13 season behind their big rivals Manchester United

Manchester United – 4

The 2012/13 league champions have kept hold of Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Chris Smalling and David de Gea. Although many Manchester United fans will question how the 1st 3 are still at the club, and David de Gea probably wonders how he has not yet secured a move away.

Tottenham – 4

Harry Kane played just 4 minutes in the 2012/13 season. Jan Vertonghen, Hugo Lloris and Danny Rose are also still with the club.

Keenos

Just 20 left – never to be repeated

Nobody wants to say “I told you so” but…

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I told you so.

Back in April I wrote about Arsenal’s £40m lie.

With blog was aimed at dispelling the media lies that Arsenal had just £40million to spend.

Within the blog I stated “our total summer transfer spending will be close to £140million”. Arsenal actually ended up spending over £140million,

Numerous times on Twitter, both myself and GC tried to put people straight:

Most did not listen. Most continued spreading the lies.

The truth is Arsenal’s budget was £40million. But it was not £40million to spend on transfer; it was £40million that Arsenal could increase costs by.

This included amortised transfer fees, agent fees and salaries.

Players leaving have saved Arsenal £30million in salaries. New player salaries come to about £25million. amortised transfer fees are £40million.

That means our yearly costs have increased by around £35million. just inside the £40million mark.

It has been a fabulous summer transfer window for Arsenal. The best in a decade?

Keenos