Arsenal blueprint to make four new signings emerges with summer recruit under threat

The nature of four new signings Arsenal will target this summer has been revealed, and one move in particular could spell trouble for a recent arrival.

The Gunners were the biggest spenders across all of Europe last summer when splashing out over £140m on six new faces. Arsenal had a clear strategy in mind with each of their new arrivals aged 23 or under at the time of arrival.

And after a sluggish start, Arsenal – along with their new signings – began to find their feet under Mikel Arteta this season.

Indeed, Aaron Ramsdale is now back in England contention after wasting little time usurping Bernd Leno.

Martin Odegaard is keeping Emile Smith Rowe out of the starting eleven most weeks, while Ben White has formed a solid centre-back pairing with Gabriel Magalhaes.

Takehiro Tomiyasu too had shone before succumbing to injury. Only Albert Sambi Lokonga and Nuno Tavares of the summer arrivals are yet to make a telling impact.

Arsenal are entrenched in a topsy-turvy battle for fourth spot at present. Tottenham are the team currently in possession of that coveted place, though Arsenal and Manchester United harbour genuine ambitions of snatching fourth when all is said and done.

Securing the riches that comes with Champions League qualification would give the fourth-placed team a leg up this summer. It would also make them a more attractive prospect to their transfer targets.

A busy summer is expected from all three clubs chasing fourth spot, and the Telegraph have now shed light on plans being formulated at the Emirates.

The newspaper report Arsenal will specifically target homegrown players this summer.

The Gunners named 22-year-old Jonathan Dinzeyi in their 25-man Premier League squad after the January window closed. That was