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The 2024 English football summer transfer window runs from 14 June to 30 August 2024. [1] Players without a club can be signed at any time, clubs can sign players on loan dependent on their league's regulations, and clubs could sign a goalkeeper on an emergency loan if they had no registered senior goalkeeper available.
Mesut Özil's transfer to Arsenal from Real Madrid in 2013 broke the club's transfer record at the time by £27.4m. [53] Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's £35m transfer to Liverpool in 2017 was Arsenal's highest fee received for a player transfer. [54] His record would later be matched by Folarin Balogun who joined Monaco for the same fee in 2023. [55]
Arsenal announced their first signing of the summer transfer window on 10 June, with 19-year-old Brazilian forward Marquinhos joining the club on a long-term contract from Série A side São Paulo. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Eleven days later, the club announced the signing of 22-year-old Portuguese midfielder Fábio Vieira from Primeira Liga side Porto .
[134] [136] Arteta's side doubled their advantage in the 73rd minute, as Saka's far-post corner was headed back across by Partey, the ball bounced in off Saliba's backside. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] The 2–0 win meant that Arsenal had won four consecutive league games against Manchester United for the first time in their history.
Arsenal's 2019–20 campaign had seen defensive frailties and a lack of creativity lead to a disappointing eighth-place finish in the league, the club's lowest for a quarter of a century, but a successful FA Cup run and increasing promise under new coach and former cup-winning captain Mikel Arteta gave them increased optimism for the season ahead.
When Arsenal was founded in 1886 by munition workers' from Woolwich, the club resisted the lure of professionalism and remained an amateur side. [12] Success in local cup competitions soon followed, and a tie against Derby County in the FA Cup on 17 January 1891 led to the opposition approaching two of Arsenal's players, in view of offering them professional contracts. [12]
The COVID-19 pandemic caused all competitions to be suspended from March until 17 June, when Arsenal played Manchester City in a game originally scheduled to take place on 11 March, and lost 3–0. [10] Further defeats to Brighton, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa condemned Arsenal to an eight-place finish, far from a European qualification spot.
[43] [44] He was also named Arsenal's Player of the Month for October 2021, with 60% of the votes from the club's supporters. [45] He won the award again in November with 42% of the votes. [46] Following the departure of Bernd Leno at the beginning of the 2022–23 season, Ramsdale took the number one shirt at Arsenal. [47]