Gyokeres starts, Cunha decision – Arsenal dream XI after £161m Andrea Berta summer transfers

Gyokeres starts, Cunha decision – Arsenal dream XI after £161m Andrea Berta summer transfers

Arsenal transfer news as Andrea Berta tasked with making key changes to the squad this summer with two big names of interest

Viktor Gyokeres is still on Arsenal’s radar for the

Andrea Berta’s task at Arsenal is clear. Andrea Berta’s task at Arsenal is not easy.

The mission, which he has chosen to accept, is to turn a challenging team into winners. He must go a step further and take Mikel Arteta’s squad onto the next level.

The bar has been set incredibly high but it is as much of an opportunity as it is a threat. It is a unique scenario, being able to arrive at a club already working at the elite level with efficiency and clarity. Berta’s job is now just one stage away after the previous hurdles have already been jumped.

The issue is that this last obstacle is perhaps the biggest one. It is one that is harder to take than the rest put together. It took Arteta 15 new players to get from eighth to second and another four to go even closer. Now the holes are in three places and filling those properly could make all the difference.

Before, the squad needed substantial change across the board. Now the demands are more subtle but maybe just as glaring. For the second summer in a row a striker is the priority as Kai Havertz seeks support.

Bukayo Saka needs his own help on the wing, whilst the expected departures of Jorginho and Thomas Partey will leave a gap in the midfield. The wider squad will likely need additions as well given those who could also leave, but as for Arteta’s strongest XI on paper, it is this trio of positions Arsenal will be after the most.