Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Arteta says team were 'below standard'
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta missed out on signing Houssem Aouar in the summer but reports say he could return for the midfielder in January. Arsenal saw at least one offer for Aouar rejected during the last transfer window. Reports earlier this year claimed Lyon wanted £54million for the Frenchman, though the impact of the coronavirus pandemic reduced that to around £45m.
Mesut Ozil and Sokratis Papastathopoulos were both left out of Arsenal's Premier League and Europa League squads, so are clearly not a part of Arteta's plans.
Meanwhile, Sead Kolasinac is now arguably the third or fourth-choice left-back at the club behind Kieran Tierney, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Bukayo Saka.
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And Calum Chambers could be surplus to requirements as he edges closer to full fitness after the anterior cruciate knee ligament injury he suffered last December.
The sale of those four players could provide Arsenal with around £35.5m, according to their individual values on transfermarkt.co.uk.
The hardest of the quartet to shift would likely be Ozil.
The German has maintained he will fight for his place despite not being able to play until February at the earliest.
Ozil's wages will always be a problem when it comes to potential suitors.
But perhaps by January he will be fed up with not having played a single minute of competitive football in 10 months.
Sokratis attracted interest from Napoli in the summer, so that could resurface with just six months of his Arsenal contract remaining.
Bayer Leverkusen, among others, wanted Kolasinac and Chambers could be a good option for a lower Premier League side.
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