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Arsenal to give Arteta £180m to spend on transfers
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">According to the UK Sun, Arsenal will give manager Mikel Arteta a £180 million transfer budget next summer, in what would be a record transfer window for the club.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Stan Kroenke, the majority owner of Arteta, would be putting his faith in the company once more.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Kroenke is eager to continue the revamp of Arsenal&#8217;s squad by injecting monies into the club.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Real Sociedad striker Alexander Isak, Everton midfielder Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves have all been identified as potential future targets.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Calvert-Lewin is valued at £60 million, while Isak has a £75 million release clause.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Arsenal would have to pay another £45 million to entice Neves away from Wolves.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The targets, according to Arteta, are young, motivated athletes with the ability to take them &#8220;to the next level.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ben White, Martin Odegaard, Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Albert Sambi Lokonga, and Nuno Tavares were all purchased for £150 million by Arteta last summer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">At the Emirates, the new hires have mainly struck the ground running.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Arteta is under pressure to lead the squad back into the Champions League, and a place in the competition might be the difference between them bringing in their three main targets.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Following the departure of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Barcelona, the head coach has made it clear that finding a new forward is a top priority.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The former Borussia Dortmund man was allowed to leave on a free transfer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">His exit, though, is expected to save Arsenal roughly £20million.</span></p>