Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been informed he must sell before he can buy this summer.
The Mirror says Arteta must sell before he can buy this summer as he tries to rebuild his Arsenal squad.
It comes on the back of the club facing the prospect of missing out on a Champions League place for a fourth year running and if they miss out on the Europa League that would cost them £30m in lost revenue.
Arsenal are therefore facing up to the prospect of Arteta having to generate any cash to spend with sales, he will be able to put any savings into new contracts but no fresh money is expected to be available.
Arsenal want to sell Matteo Guendouzi after he fell out of favour but Mesut Ozil is on £350,000-a-week and will simply not leave with a year left even after being given the cold shoulder since the restart. Ozil is now at least training again and could be in the squad on Saturday.
They face a major dilemma on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who has a year left on his contract, talks are ongoing and he is 31, wants a big new deal and they cannot face another ticking time bomb as they had with Ozil which made them a hostage to fortune.
