Arsenal manager Unai Emery is prepared to sell Henrikh Mkhitaryan to pave way for the signing of four new players this summer.
The Armenian moved to north London in January 2018 in a swap deal for Alexis Sanchez and, with no transfer fee involved, was handed a £180,000-a-week salary – making him one the club’s highest earners.
However, according to latest reports, Emery believes those funds – as well as the £350,000-a-week Mesut Ozil is earning – could be better spent elsewhere.
Arsenal will have a modest transfer kitty of around £40m this summer if they fail to qualify for the Champions League, meaning they will need to sell players to fund the spending spree Emery is planning.
The Gunners will receive no fees for Aaron Ramsey, Petr Cech or Danny Welbeck, all of whom are expected to leave in the summer, but hope to find buyers for Mkhitaryan and Ozil.
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