Arsenal prepared to take £47m summer transfer hit as Mikel Arteta plots another overhaul

Mikel Arteta reviews Brighton defeat

Jurgen Klopp discusses Mo Salah's contract ahead of Benfica clash

Southampton v Chelsea: Pictures

Tiger Woods defies the odds in remarkable return to action at 86th Masters

Aston Villa v Tottenham: Pictures

Jurgen Klopp previews Man City clash

Racegoers excited as crowds return to Grand National

What’s gone wrong with Mercedes and can they recover?

Everton v Manchester United: Pictures

Arsenal are prepared to take an almighty transfer hit on Nicolas Pepe on a bid to force him out of the door.

Mikel Arteta has huge plans for the summer transfer window as he looks to continue tinkering with his squad. The Spaniard has already overseen some huge changes at the club.

He has been keen to bring the overall squad age lower - which he has achieved after a summer where he brought in the likes of Ben White, Aaron Ramsdale and Takehiro Tomiyasu. But the Gunners manager has not finished yet and has further plans to change things up this summer.

Arsenal spent over £100million last summer but have yet to reach anywhere near that number selling players. Arteta still has several stars on the books that appear out of favour with his style of football.

That includes Pepe, who was brought in for a club-record £72m from Lille in 2019, who has failed to make much of an appearance despite his staggering fee. With the Ivory Coast international set to enter the final year of his contract, Arteta wants him out.

The forward has made just 16 appearances in the Premier League - largely from the bench - while just scoring one goal. It is a surprising decline considering last year he scored 10 times and looked like he was ready to play a bigger role in the squad.

But the form of Bukayo Saka has forced the