In the summer transfer window, Arsenal intends to recruit Ollie Watkins and Benjamin Sesko. A writer has revealed the Gunners' position on the two strikers, stating that a former North London favourite may leave for Chelsea.

During the January transfer window, Arsenal made an offer for Watkins, one of the top attackers in the Premier League. The north London club tried their luck with an approach for Watkins, who has scored 158 goals and provided 66 assists in 426 games in his career, as the Gunners were in urgent need of a striker late in the transfer window after Gabriel Jesus was injured. Villa declined. Arsenal also attempted to recruit Sesko in the middle of the season as Arteta understood that defeating Liverpool in the Premier League championship battle would depend on having a top-tier number nine.