Shkodran Mustafi

Liverpool made Virgil van Dijk the most expensive defender in history, so how do Arsenal’s most expensive defenders compare?

Shkodran Mustafi is among the options on Barcelona’s January transfer list after an injury to Gerard Pique ruled the defender out for a number of months.

Arsenal offered Shkodran Mustafi a new contract over the summer, but he turned it down and told the club he plans to leave next year.

Shkodran Mustafi joined the Arsenal travelling group heading to Vienna for their Europa League clash on Thursday, after recovering from his hamstring problem.

Two Arsenal players returned from injury with the u23s over the weekend, and one more during the week before the Rapid Vienna game.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang agreed a new deal but he wasn’t the only player of contract next summer, so who else only has one year left?

Arsenal have loan offers from Italy for Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Shkodran Mustafi, even though their contracts expire in a year.

Lazio are negotiating the potential transfer of Shkodran Mustafi with his father and agent Kujtim, reaching an agreement on salary.

There’s strong interest in Shkodran Mustafi from Italy, including from Lazio, but a potential move is unlikely before the final days of the transfer window.

Three Arsenal players seem to be close to the door as we move into the final few weeks of the transfer window.

Lazio are after Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi, though the two clubs remain a few million apart in their valuations of the player.

Arsenal have no new injuries ahead of the match against West Ham United, but there are a few updates from last week’s report.

Arsenal start their 20/21 Premier League campaign this weekend against newly-promoted Fulham, so who is fit and who is out ahead of the game?

Over the last few weeks became clear that the final say on what players come and go at Arsenal did not rest with Mikel Arteta but with Raul Sanllehi and Edu above him, but now Sanllehi has gone, will things change?

Arsenal face Liverpool in the Community Shield this weekend in what is the traditional curtain-raiser for the season, so who is fit to play? 

Napoli are looking at a couple of Arsenal defenders as potential alternatives to Gabriel Magalhaes in the summer market, according to reports in Italy.

Shkodran Mustafi is walking without the aid of crutches just in time to be sold this summer after an operation to reattach a tendon in his right leg to the bone.

Arsenal need to sell before they buy and that means were are going to see a lot of activity this summer, something David Ornstein has been talking fans through.

Shkodran Mustafi’s surgery to correct a problem with his hamstring went well and he has posted a picture of himself lounging at home in a knee brace.

Mikel Arteta has described Shkodran Mustafi’s injury as ‘really nasty’ confirming that the defender will be out long term and will miss the start of the season after ripping the tendon from his bone.