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#14 Calum Chambers (Defender) - £50,000 per week
Signed by Arsenal as a teenager back in 2014, it’s probably fair to say that Calum Chambers has not yet reached his potential. The Southampton youth academy product made 58 appearances in his first two seasons at the club, but then spent the following two seasons on loan at Middlesbrough and Fulham.
The current campaign saw him back at the Emirates, and despite impressing in his 18 appearances, his career has since been derailed. A torn ACL landed him on the shelf in December 2019, and it’s unknown when he will be ready to return. The early part of the 2020-21 season seems likely. And Chambers will be looking to resurrect his Arsenal career under new boss Mikel Arteta.
#13 Dani Ceballos (Midfielder) - £51,923 per week
The future of Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos is a question mark right now. The 23-year old is on loan at Arsenal from Real Madrid, with a caveat of the deal being that the Gunners are paying his £51k-per-week wages.
However, after making 33 appearances this season and growing in prominence since the arrival of Mikel Arteta, it’s likely that Arsenal will want to make the deal a permanent one.
Current reports suggest that the Spaniard will be available for just £23m. This sounds like a bargain for a player with a phenomenal range of passing and an ability to control the game. Whether Arsenal can edge out any competitors for his signature remains to be seen.
#12 Lucas Torreira (Midfielder) - £75,000 per week
Signed by Arsenal in the summer of 2018, Uruguay’s Lucas Torreira was brought to the Emirates to provide some much-needed bite to the Gunners’ midfield. However, after an impressive debut season at the club, the midfielder has struggled for first-team minutes under Mikel Arteta.
A strong performance in the Gunners’ recent 2-1 victory over Liverpool – Torreira’s first start since the Premier League’s June return – may help his cause. With a £75k-per-week contract running until 2023, Torreira has plenty of time to make his mark at the Emirates yet.
With Matteo Guendouzi looking likely to depart the club, the Uruguayan will likely have the chance to make Arsenal’s midfield enforcer role his own when the 2020-21 campaign begins.
#11 Shkodran Mustafi (Defender) - £90,000 per week
Signed by Arsene Wenger for a huge fee of around £35m in the summer of 2016, Shkodran Mustafi has come under plenty of criticism during his time at Arsenal. The German defender has become renowned for making gaffes leading to goals conceded. Mustafi has found himself in and out of Arsenal’s first team in recent months.
How much longer Mustafi will remain at the Emirates is a question mark. His current £90k-per-week deal is due to expire in the summer of 2021 and it’s hard to imagine the club handing him a new one. But with no potential suitors being reported as of late, he appears likely to be an Arsenal player in the 2020-21 season.
#10 Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Defender) - £92,000 per week
Greek international Sokratis was bought to Arsenal to be the man to shore up their leaky defence. However, since his arrival in 2018, that hasn’t really been the case. Sokratis has made 68 appearances for Arsenal, scoring six goals, but the Gunners’ defence has remained as questionable as ever.
Since the Premier League restarted, the Greek defender has not made a first-team appearance for Arsenal due to injury. And most recently, it’s been reported that Bundesliga side Stuttgart have expressed an interest in signing him. However, the same report suggests that his £92k-per-week wages may be a stumbling block – and so he may remain at the Emirates until his deal expires in 2021.
#9 Granit Xhaka (Midfielder) - £100,000 per week
2019-20 has been an up-and-down campaign at Arsenal for Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka. Stripped of the club’s captaincy in October after an angry clash with his own fans, it seemed that his time at the Emirates could be coming to an end. But since that incident, he’s knuckled down and made his way firmly back into the club’s first-team plans.
Practically an ever-present for Mikel Arteta since the restarting of the Premier League season in June, Xhaka has been one of Arsenal’s best performers. At 27 years old he’s probably in his prime right now and with a lot of technical ability, still has a lot to offer to the Gunners. His current £100k-per-week deal runs until 2023, meaning that he should be a first-team staple for years to come.
#8 Bernd Leno (Goalkeeper) - £100,000 per week
Goalkeeper Bernd Leno was brought to Arsenal in the summer of 2018 as the long-term replacement for veteran Petr Cech. And since then, he’s developed into one of the Premier League’s strongest keepers. Leno has made 113 saves in the current season and kept eight clean sheets despite a questionable defence in front of him.
However, most recently, the German has been sidelined with a serious knee injury suffered in Arsenal’s loss to Brighton. With the impressive form of his replacement Emiliano Martinez, Leno could well have a battle on his hands to reclaim his spot in the Gunners’ first XI going into the 2020-21 campaign.
