3 reasons why Arsenal has not performed well

#2. Lack of transfer funds

Unai Emery could only sign one player, that too on loan in the January window.

The transfer policy at Emirates had seen surprising change during the ending years of Wenger. Big money was spent on players like Lacazette, Aubameyang and Xhaka, but they come by rare. Wenger had also done away with his policy of signing players only below the age of 25. But none of the recent signings has looked like a planned signing or a target based signing, it was more of signing from the available players after the bigger clubs have already bought the best ones from the market.

With scarce funds at Arsenal and owners unwilling to put their own money into the club, it seems like a long struggle for Arsenal to return back to the old glory days. It has been difficult for the club to keep hold of their talents such as Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey. Both have had difficult contract situations at Arsenal and eventually, the duo will be a history of the club.

Mesut Ozil seems to be only one who still wants to stay at the Emirates and he has been rewarded with a huge wage pay. Handling of star players was never Unai Emery’s forte. He struggled to control big players such as Neymar during his time at Paris Saint-Germain. In the upcoming transfer window, he could look to get players who he can exert dominance on and get the best out of them.