Arsenal captain, Martin Odegaard has unexpectedly become one of the players the club would be selling this summer, according to reports, in order to follow FFP rules.
After a busy summer which saw lots of moves by players, Arsenal are now looking at how much they spent, which was over £268 million on new signings.
They might have to let go of at least one senior player and some academy graduates to make sure their finances are in order.
The Telegraph reports that inside talks at Emirates have found it necessary for at least one first-team player to leave, to make sure they do not break FFP rules.
In a surprising move, the club’s captain, Odegaard, might be sold towards the end of the season.
The midfielder still has two more years left on his contract with Arsenal, but his reputation has gone down a bit.
It is said that any big offer for Odegaard would be seen as a big gain.
Academy graduates Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly could also end up leaving the club.
Nwaneri was not getting much playing time at the Emirates and was sent on loan at Marseille, and Lewis-Skelly has moved down the list of players Mikel Arteta prefers in his team.
Some of the experienced players, like Gabriel Martinelli, Ben White, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, and Leandro Trossard, are also likely to leave the team.
Martinelli, who joined for £7 million in 2019, and White are being looked at as possible options to bring in a big profit.
Havertz still has two more years left on his current contract, but the Arsenal team is thinking about whether they want to keep him by signing a new deal.
Jesus and Trossard are both approaching the last year of their contracts, which means the team now has the option to either give them longer deals or let them leave for a transfer.
Arsenal signed four big players during the summer transfer window: Viktor Gyökeres, Martin Zubimendi, Eberechi Eze, and Piero Hincapie.
Although their revenue has gone up to £690.3 million, the high wages are causing a bigger expense, so they will need to make more sales.
