Santi Cazorla is unlikely to ever play football again, let alone pull on the red and white of Arsenal, so finding a replacement for him must be a top priority in the summer.
Thankfully, Arsenal have been on the lookout for a replacement for him for a few windows now, and although they haven’t succeeded in landing any of their targets, there are quite a few around that they are interested in.
Here are 9 of them:
3Vincent Koziello
Arsenal were first linked with a move for Koziello back in 2016 when Le10Sport said Arsene Wenger was interested in the then-Nice midfielder.
For whatever reason, the club didn’t make a move for the then-20-year-old and he remained at Nice until signing for FC Koln in the January window for £2.7m with just six months left on his Nice deal.
Still only 22, the right-footed central midfielder, who can also play as a defensive midfielder, may not be keen on moving just a few months after heading to Germany, but it could be a nice chance for his club to make a tidy profit for not much work.
He has little experience at the top level but certainly would have been worth a punt before he sign for FC Koln.
Whether Arsenal could justify spending a much higher fee on him now that he’s under contract until 2022, however, is much harder to determine.