One very serious issue that Arsenal must confront is the supposed lack of development amongst the senior squad.

Messers Pochettino and Conte have established themselves as exceptional coaches, developing and cultivating the talent that was already at their club rather than looking for ready-made solutions in the transfer market: Danny Rose, Kyle Walker, Eric Dier, Son Heung-min, Victor Moses and Ceasar Azpilicueta have all improved and become important players for their respective teams.

Whilst it’s difficult to analyse whether players have truly progressed or regressed without some form of speculation, it is hard not to look at Chelsea and Spurs’ improvement and wonder why so many Arsenal players continue to stagnate?

Ramsey has struggled to maintain a first-team position; Bellerin has had a major dip in form; Coquelin has regressed; Giroud has failed to add more strings to his bow; and Welbeck’s finishing has not improved.

Another concern that thankfully dissipated by the close of the season was the form of Petr Cech. Despite the upturn in his performances, there seems to be a real issue with Arsenal’s goalkeeping training regime and quite possibly with lead goalkeeping coach, Gerry Peyton.

A possible positive has been Arsenal’s improved injury record.

Although Arsenal were Cazorla-less for the entirety of the campaign, the majority of Arsenal’s first team remained injury free for much of it. Even Oxlade Chamberlain and Aaron Ramsey were available on a more regular basis.

Credit should go to the fitness department, the physio department and to Head of Performance Shad Forsythe.

…Next, recruitment…