Arsenal summer transfer plans

Arsenal ended the season ten points behind Premier League champions Leicester their highest finish in the league for over a decade. 

However, the gunner's boss Arsene Wenger will point to the league table as a mark of the club's improvement on the pitch but he knows that new signings are needed to bolster the squad ahead of the 2016-17 campaign. 

A defensive midfielder is incoming with Mohamed Elneny away for the African Cup of Nations in January and the departures of Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini and Tomas Rosicky leave a gap in midfield. 

At centre back, Wenger has faith in young Calum Chambers but could still dip into the market for an experienced reinforcement. 

Granit Xhaka

Granit Xhaka will become the first signing of the transfer window for Arsenal after weeks of talks with Borussia Monchengladbach. 

A fee in the region of €43m (£33.2m) including add-ons has been agreed and the Swiss international will sign an £80,000-a-week, four-year deal to keep him at the Emirates until 2020. 

The departures of Rosicky, Flamini and Arteta will all be confirmed when their deals expire at the end of June. 

Juventus striker Alvaro Morata has been heavily linked but Wenger remains cautious of paying over the odds for a player who could cost anything up to €50m (£38m) if Real Madrid decide to activate their buy back clause this summer. 

AZ Alkmaar striker Vincent Janssen has scored 27 goals in 34 appearances since making his debut for the Eredivisie side in 2015 and has been scouted several times by the Gunners. 

He would be a more affordable option for Wenger, but perhaps more of a risk as the Dutchman is just 21-years-old. 

The club are also hopeful of adding numbers to their defence and have already tested Bolton's resolve by bidding £750,000 for Rob Holding.