Arsenal's spending on player signings under manager Mikel Arteta is set to pass the 900m mark, should they sign Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze. His arrival would take Arsenal's outlay this summer to 250m. Arteta took charge of Arsenal in December 2019 and is the second-longest serving current manager in the Premier League and the third-longest serving across England's top four divisions. The Gunners have posted second-place finishes in each of the past three seasons.
"Of course, we've finished second for three years in a row, and we know that we always miss something," Saliba said. "Now it's a new season, we have to see what we didn't do well enough to win the league. "We won the first game, and, of course, we want to win the league, and we will give everything. We have to try to be even better than the last three seasons to win this league."
Arteta stated, "Well, he's going to be in and around the team. We're going to have to manage his development very well, his next steps, and now we are fully connected with everybody in order to achieve that."