1) Auba for a Real Madrid player. Jovic has been mentioned but he's not the only player Real can potentially offer. Is Marcos Asensio for sale? Vinicius? At which point will Los Blancos offer Bale to us if they want Auba?
2) Partey/Aouar for Lacazette. The former has stolen the headlines but it's not hard to see Laca going back to Lyon - and Aouar has been linked with the Gunners. Easy maths.
3) Ndidi for Tierney. How badly do the Gunners need a holding midfielder? Will they be prepared to let Tierney go after just one season and rely on Kolasinac/Saka at left-back (and perhaps Kurzawa)?
4) Tah/Boateng for Kolasinac. If we part ways with the Bosnian, he could end up going back to the Bundesliga. Could we get Bayer Leverkusen or even Bayern Munich interested sufficiently to give us one of their CBs in return?
5) Under/Pellegrini/Kluivert for Mkhitaryan. None have been linked to Arsenal but we do know Miki wants to stay in Rome. Will they be willing to let one of their young prodigies go in return?
6) N'Dicka for Xhaka. A straightforward scenario where Granit returns to Monchengladbach and we sign a direct replacement from the German side. Win-win.
7) Ake for Mustafi/Sokratis/AMN. Chances are Bournemouth will go down and Ake is unlikely to stick around. Can we possibly tempt the Cherries into a swap? Perhaps the lure of young talent AMN can do the trick?
8) Kessie for Torreira. If our midfield terrier does return to Italy, why not offer him to Milan and get Frank Kessie as a beta-version of Thomas Partey in return?
9) Mady Camara for Mavropanos/Sokratis. Camara is a young holding midfielder for Olympiacos who may be going down for their trouble with the law (alleged bribery). One of our Greek CBs for a punt on a holding midfielder?
