He continued: ‘This is what the people upstairs need to be careful of and I’m sure Mikel will have told them that because he’s probably got the same kind of ambition: if you’re not going to give me the kind of players I need, I’m not going to be able to keep the players I’ve got here that are our best players, who are now running down their contracts.
‘If I’m one of these players… and their teams are going to be saying, “Let’s wait and see, we’ve got two years left so let’s wait and see who they get in the summer!
Ian Wright has warned Arsenal bosses that key players like William Saliba could push to leave the club if they fail to recruit well in the summer transfer window.
Saka, Gabriel Magalhaes and Saliba are all out of contract at Arsenal in 2027 and Wright fears the club could be faced with a similar predicament that Liverpool have with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.
Why not wait and see what’s going on in the summer to see the kind of players and calibre of player we’re signing?’.
