The Gunners recently announced a profit despite spending over £100m since the summer.
Arsenal have seen the period financial prudence following a stadium move and the club are now operating on he high end of the transfer market, hence the arrivals of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.
Both players cost a combined fee of £77m which is a sign of the times considering Arsenal’s record transfer fee before Ozil’s arrival was a modest £16m, paid to Zenit St Petersburg for Andrey Arshavin.
According to Transfermarkt, the Gunners’ squad is worth £342m and here’s the top 10 most valuable players on the list.
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10. Danny Welbeck – £15.84m
Shock signing from rivals Manchester United on deadline day in August, Welbeck is yet to hit the heights he aspires to but remains a dangerous weapon for the Gunners.
9. Laurent Koscielny – £16.72m
Without doubt Arsenal’s best defender and arguably the best in the Premier League, Koscielny has gone on to improve in all the areas asked of him during the first few years of his Arsenal career.
8. Per Mertesacker – £16.72m
Was once labelled as a panic buy after his 2011 summer transfer deadline day arrival, but the German defender has since gone on to claim the World Cup, FA Cup and be named Arsenal’s vice-captain.
7. Olivier Giroud – £17.60m
The Arsenal forward is continuously ridiculed but recently joined an esteemed list in scoring his 50th goal for the club and his goals/game ratio continues to shrink.
6. Jack Wilshere – £22.00m
Dubbed Arsenal’s future captain and leader, Wilshere needs to overcome ankle problems to fulfil the undoubted potential we all know he possesses.
5. Aaron Ramsey – £22.00m
13/14 will forever be known as Ramsey’s year but constant hamstring issues have prevented the Welshman from replicating his achievements from last term. Still, his talent remains in little doubt.
4. Santi Cazorla – £22.88m
The Spaniard may have not been as spectacular as Ozil and Alexis, but arriving the year before the German playmaker, Cazorla was Arsenal’s player of the year in his first year and looks favourite alongside Alexis Sanchez to reclaim the award.
3. Theo Walcott – £24.64m
Walcott has become one of Arsenal’s greatest players following a period of nine years and extending his new contract will be one of the most important tasks on Arsene Wenger’s mind.
2. Mesut Ozil – £35.2m
Arsenal’s record breaking signing and the man who marked the shift into the new era. At the age of 26, he too will only continue to develop.
1. Alexis Sanchez – £39.6m
The Chilean arrived from Barcelona for the club’s second highest ever transfer fee and at the age of 26, Alexis has many years at the top level.