Football agent, Jon Smith (if that even is his real name) has claimed that Arsenal, along with Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea will be one of the busiest clubs in the Premier League during the transfer window.

According to Sky Sports, Smith, who works on behalf of the agency First Artist, claims that there will be plenty of movement early as clubs rush to complete their business, then a pause before it all kicks off again in July.

“The interesting thing is that the Premier League have decided to pay the clubs earlier this year, partly, I guess, because of the European Championships,” he said.

“It’s going to be a bit convoluted. What will happen is you’ll have a spree and then a decline of activity as people wait for the European Championships, and then it will pick up again towards the end of July.”

He also had good news for Arsenal fans, suggesting that we could be one of the busiest clubs in the market.

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MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY – MAY 07: Granit Xhaka of Moenchengladbach looks on during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen at Borussia-Park on May 07, 2016 in Moenchengladbach, Germany. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Bongarts/Getty Images)

 

“Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City will be the busiest I suspect. Of the ones coming up, probably Middlesbrough. The rest will be prudent. It’s about the valuations of football clubs and how people want to build their businesses, not just about success on the field any more.

“You have the top five, six clubs very well organised and well owned, and then you have a number of very interested parties around the world looking at Premier League clubs at potential investments.

“So the clubs in the middle – for example Stoke, West Brom, Swansea and Southampton to a lesser degree – are going to look at their balance sheets and not want to degrade those by overly spending too early with player commitments on their books. They want to keep their books in good shape just in case one of these ‘high-net-worths’ come up.”

As with most Gooners, I’ll believe it when I see it. However, we’re currently rumoured to be in negotiations with Borussia Mönchengladbach over 23-year-old midfielder, Granit Xhaka, with Arsenal allegedly making a bid. Hopefully, something will come of these talks and we can have our first bit of business done nice and early, before the Euros if possible.