Arsenal great David Seaman insists Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Nicolas Pepe and Nuno Tavares can still have a future with the club.
Maitland-Niles, Pepe and Tavares were among those to make way with loan moves to Southampton, Nice and Marseille respectively.
And Seaman told the Daily Express: "Yes [they've got a future] because they should come back as better players because they're playing more. Now they've got a chance to play somewhere else. Just look at the Saliba situation and how it helped him.
"Someone like Pepe, who came in with a massive [£72million] price tag and didn't get firing on all cylinders. You can see that there is a great player in there but Arsenal need him to be a bit more consistent.
"For the others it's a chance of getting game time, more experience and more confidence. They should use the loan spells as a purpose for getting back to their main club with more power to demand that they get in the first team."
He added: "Saliba has really shocked me because it just shows you how going out on loan works. He's been out on loan for a few seasons, got really good experience and when you watch him now, you think he must be about 27 because he looks so confident."