Arsenal, as they always are, could be extremely busy on the European transfer deadline day and that could involve multiple departures in Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Shkodran Mustafi being the most anticipated ones.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who replaced Alexandre Lacazette for the final twenty five minutes against Tottenham on Sunday, could have had played his final game for the Gunners this campaign as the Armenian is subject to considerable interest from AS Roma.
Mkhitaryan coming on for Alexandre Lacazette in yesterday’s NLD after the latter was taken off with some hamstring problems
The Italian club are willing to acquire Micki on a season long-loan BUT there is no anticipated option or obligation to buy. Roma will additionally also bear Mkhitaryan’s £180,000-a-week wage.
His departure may leave Unai Emery with lack of experience up wide, though that would allow the likes of Reiss Nelson, Emile Smith-Rowe, Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka the chance to earn more first-team experience (which will be crucial in the long run).
Mkhitaryan joined Arsenal from Manchester United in a swap deal involving Alexis Sanchez going the other way in January 2018, and has scored nine goals in 59 appearances for the North-London based club.
Though the swap deal, which was anticipated to be one of the greatest in history, has gone downtown as Manchester United has loaned away Alexis Sanchez to Inter Milan and the Gunners are all set to ship away Henrikh Mkhitaryan to Roma.
