Arsenal face wage-bill squeeze because of transfers of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mesut Ozil

Arsenal will face significant restrictions with wage bill during the next transfer window following more than £200 million wage bill  spent on summer transfers and deal extensions. Although Jack Wilshere, Santi Cazorla and Lucas Perez all left Arsenal during the summer, the incoming arrivals of Bernd Leno, Sokratis, Matteo Guendouzi, Lucas Torreira and Stefan Lichtsteiner, as well as extensions for Granit Xhaka and Ainsley Maitland-Niles have put the club in a complicated situation. However, the main reason for wage-bill squeeze is because of  January signings of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, as well as a new club record deal for Mesut Ozil that is understood to be worth more than £300,000 per week. Despite all these, Arsenal are keen to tie Aaron Ramsey to a new deal. The situation will improve next summer when a new shirt sponsorship and kit deal cycle begins which could bring in £20 million more annually.

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