Sure, that all makes sense. But Chelsea has many of the same problems. They were champions more recently than Arsenal, and were Champions League winners. They’ve somehow made of business of selling players who weren’t good enough to play for Chelsea for tens of millions. In the 2025/2026 season they made 300m euros in player sales. They’re somehow even getting tens of millions from clubs outside the Premier League who are notoriously stingy.

The fitness issues I can understand. If a player can’t play for Arsenal because they’re injured too often, it will really limit the number of clubs willing to cough up a big transfer fee to sign them. But, just because a player isn’t good enough for Arsenal shouldn’t mean it’s hard to sell them. There are plenty of clubs that are full of players that aren’t good enough to play for Arsenal, and many of Arsenal’s rejects would be important players for them. For some like Reiss Nelson or Fabio Vieira there should be a bidding war. Maybe the transfer fee won’t be that high, but there should be a lot of interested clubs.