Mikel Arteta is looking to trim his Arsenal squad with sales in the final weeks of the Premier League transfer window.
Ahead of the September 1 deadline, Arteta has a 'hit list' of players he wants to offload, to balance against the £187m spent on new faces this summer.
The three players most likely to move on are all out of contract at the Emirates Stadium in 2026 with Albert Sambi Lokonga, Leandro Trossard and Oleksandr Zinchenko tipped to go.
Trossard has been linked with several Premier League rivals whilst Zinchenko is rumoured to be on Jose Mourinho's radar at Fenerbahce.
The Ukraine international has struggled with injury issues across the last 12 months, and the rise of Myles Lewis-Skelly has pushed him down the left-back pecking order, and an exit looks possible.
Zinchenko followed Arteta from their time together at Manchester City, joining Arsenal in 2022, with the aim of adding title-winning experience to the squad, but that goal has failed to materialise.
However, despite finding himself on the fringes of Arteta's team for 2025/26, the 28-year-old does not want to leave.
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As per the latest update from The Athletic, Zinchenko is prepared to run down the final year of his contract, to secure a better deal next summer as a free agent.
That will disrupt Arteta's plans, ahead of the campaign opener against Manchester United on August 17, and he may hold final talks with Zinchenko to assess his exit options.
Alongside Lewis-Skelly, Zinchenko is also behind Riccardo Calafiori, Jurrien Timber and potentially Jakub Kiwior in Arteta's ongoing plans.
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