Arsenal transfer news 2017 18

Here are some of the major transfer news and rumors surrounding Arsenal during the 2017-2018 season:

Summer Transfer Window (2017)

• Alexandre Lacazette: Signed from Lyon for £52.7 million on July 5, 2017.
• Sead Kolašinac: Signed from Schalke 04 for £17.1 million on July 7, 2017.
• Mohamed Elneny: Signed from Basel for £5 million on January 30, 2016, but officially joined the club in July 2017.
• Takuma Asano: Signed from Sanfrecce Hiroshima for £5.5 million on July 20, 2017, but was immediately loaned to Stuttgart.
• Konstantinos Mavropanos: Signed from PAS Giannina for £2 million on August 17, 2017.

Winter Transfer Window (2018)

• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: Signed from Borussia Dortmund for £56 million on January 31, 2018.
• Henrikh Mkhitaryan: Signed from Manchester United for £22 million on January 22, 2018.
• Denis Suárez: Signed from Barcelona on loan until the end of the 2017-2018 season on January 31, 2018.
• Petr Čech: Signed from Chelsea for £4.2 million on September 20, 2015, but officially joined the club in January 2018 after recovering from an injury.

Rumors and Targets

• Alexis Sánchez: Rumored to be a target for Manchester City, but ultimately stayed at Arsenal.
• Mesut Özil: Rumored to be a target for Manchester United, but ultimately stayed at Arsenal.
• Thomas Lemar: Rumored to be a target for Arsenal, but ultimately stayed at Monaco.
• Riyad Mahrez: Rumored to be a target for Arsenal, but ultimately joined Manchester City.
• Virgil van Dijk: Rumored to be a target for Arsenal, but ultimately joined Liverpool.

Outgoings

• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: Joined Liverpool for £35 million on August 25, 2017.
• Shkodran Mustafi: Rumored to be a target for Inter Milan, but ultimately stayed at Arsenal.
• Olivier Giroud: Joined Chelsea for £18 million on January 31, 2018.
• Francis Coquelin: Joined Valencia for £12 million on January 31, 2018.
• Santi Cazorla: Released by Arsenal on June 30, 2018, after his contract expired.

Note: The transfer window for the 2017-2018 season closed on August 31, 2017, and January 31, 2018.