After a summer that brought record spending and Deadline Day drama, Sky Sports' reporters rank every Premier League club's window... Eight is the number of senior players out and that's why I give Arsenal's summer business eight out of 10. Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard, Christian Norgaard, Fabio Viera, Ethan Nwaneri (loan), Jakob Kiwior and Reiss Nelson are all out of the building, with the exception of Nwaneri - who still has a big future at the club - deemed surplus to requirements.
Cash in - over £100m - and wages saved. In Jesus' case, big wages. If the club had secured a left winger to replace the two they sold, I'd have given nine out of 10.
Either Vinicius Junior or Julian Alvarez coming in and it would have been a perfect 10. In the end, it wasn't to be. Securing either was always a long shot but Arsenal deserve credit for even being in the conversation.
Fans are disappointed those two didn't come to the Emirates. But they accept it and understand. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Many, though, don't accept or understand why last season's two main left-sided attackers haven't been fully replaced.
The club would have if they could have. But the right fit never emerged after the Vinicius saga. So it's make do on the left.
And the hierarchy, like Mikel Arteta, believe there's enough in the squad to do that. Newcomer Christos Tzolis, if a bit shaky last time out at Villa Park, has done well. The fans already love him.
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