Martin Odegaard’s – Arsenal are weighing sales of as many as seven first-team players this summer, with captain Martin Odegaard among those facing uncertain futures, as the club looks to fund another busy window. The plan includes priorities like Morgan Rogers, further midfield c
Martin Odegaard has two years left on his contract, but the real question facing Arsenal right now isn’t length. It’s timing.
As the season nears its end. there haven’t been any official contract talks started yet for the club captain. even with his future quietly under review. That uncertainty sits at the center of a larger picture Arsenal are preparing for: a possible summer where they could part with as many as seven first-team stars to help fund another transfer push.
Arsenal want to strengthen quickly enough to defend their Premier League crown and go one better in the Champions League. To do that, they’re already working from a clear blueprint inside the club, with Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta plotting a new recruitment plan after last summer’s major outlay.
That spending came in at £257million. covering Kepa Arrizabalaga. Eberechi Eze. Viktor Gyokeres. Piero Hincapie. Noni Madueke. Cristhian Mosquera. Christian Norgaard and Martin Zubimendi. Now. as the squad renewal cycle looms. Arsenal are trying to get their next targets in place—without losing control of their books.
A left-winger is at the top of the list. Morgan Rogers has been identified as a priority, with Aston Villa understood to want £80m for their playmaker, who is currently part of England’s World Cup squad.
Another name tracking that route is Club Brugge winger Christos Tzolis, expected to cost Arsenal around £34m. Arsenal’s attention isn’t limited to wide areas, either. Arteta wants more competition in midfield. and Ayyoub Bouaddi—an 18-year-old Lille player who impressed at the World Cup with Morocco—has made their shortlist.
The departures conversation is tied to the market reality Arsenal have struggled with over the last decade: selling top talent for big money. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s £35million move to Liverpool in 2017 remains their largest ever sale—and Arsenal’s willingness to do something similar this summer could shift that record.
The list of players who could move goes beyond Odegaard.
In midfield. Ethan Nwaneri—who struggled on loan at Marseille last season—is another player who could push for a move if he doesn’t get assurances over game time under Arteta. Christian Norgaard is also in the wider mix. He joined from Brentford for £15m last summer. but made just one Premier League start during the previous campaign. and at 32 he may consider his options.
Arsenal’s willingness to consider exits becomes sharper when it touches the club’s more attack-minded depth.
With a left-sided forward in mind, Arsenal are open to selling Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli. Those three have one year left on their contracts, though Martinelli has a one-year option. Arsenal are not expected to let any of them go cheaply. and they are believed to want around £20m for Jesus.
Even defenders can become part of the math.
Ben White is wanted by a number of Premier League and European clubs. but Arsenal are not in immediate rush to sell him. He has two years remaining on his contract, with the club holding an option for a further 12 months. His situation could depend on Jurrien Timber’s injury. after Timber was forced to withdraw from the Netherlands’ World Cup squad with a groin problem.
Arsenal are in a strong financial position, and their Premier League title last season—the first in 22 years—gives them room to attract top players. Still, balancing the books remains part of the thinking, and the club’s recruitment plans don’t run in a vacuum.
The club is also keeping an eye on the kind of interest Odegaard can draw. Bayern Munich are thought to have an interest, as do Paris Saint-Germain, but Arsenal would demand a large fee to part ways with their skipper.
Other transfer threads are moving around the edges too. Marcus Rashford, set to return to Manchester United this summer after spending last season on loan at Barcelona, has been linked with a move to the Emirates.
Chelsea, however, will not be making a move for Noni Madueke as it stands.
For Arsenal, it ultimately comes down to one decision cycle: who they recruit, who they can’t keep, and where the money lands once the window opens.
The club isn’t described as desperate to sell anyone. But with the uncertainty already surrounding Odegaard—and with as many as seven first-team players facing futures that could change this summer—the message inside north London appears simple: another spending spree may be on the way. and it may not happen without some difficult goodbyes.
Arsenal Martin Odegaard Morgan Rogers Aston Villa Christos Tzolis Ayyoub Bouaddi Ethan Nwaneri Christian Norgaard Gabriel Jesus Leandro Trossard Gabriel Martinelli Ben White Jurrien Timber Mikel Arteta Andrea Berta
So they’re selling Odegaard? That seems crazy, like just sign him already lol
Wait I thought Odegaard already had like forever left on his contract? But now it’s “timing”?? Sounds like Arsenal just don’t wanna pay and are blaming it on transfer timing.
If they need money, fine, but selling 7 first-team guys sounds like FIFA career mode. Also £257m last summer and they still “need a blueprint”?? Just buy the midfield and stop overthinking it.
Morgan Rogers for £80m is wild, and then Christos Tzolis for £34m? That’s like they’re naming random players from a spreadsheet. Odegaard being “uncertain” is probably bc he’s injured or something, right? I didn’t read the whole thing but it sounds messy.