Fan-favourite Ramsdale will leave AFC this summer, not having done much wrong and feeling he has not been treated fairly…With Raya set to join us permanently, who could become our back-up GK? Do we need a promising GK or a seasoned GK? In any case, we need one that can ably deputize in case Raya gets hurt…Areola? Lunin? PiG? Bulka? Flekken? Sels? Navas?

Gabriel-Saliba are an excellent CB duo, probably the best we had in over a decade…For some reason, Arteta likes Kiwior but Kiwior has not really given us much certainty in terms of strength, pace and even positioning. We definitely need another CB, one that can really challenge Saliba-Gabriel. I like Branthwaithe, Singo, Fofana (if he gets fit again), Van den Berg, even Tarkowski. Unfortunately, Scalvini got injured so he is not an option at the moment…

So who do you think should join us in these positions?

When Ljunberg took over and when Arteta started on our bench right after, there was a sense that our team will over the years be full of Academy Players…We were very excited about Saka, ESR, Nketiah, RN, Willock AMN and there were also some buzz around Okwonko, John-Jules, M’Haland…

A few years forward and now only Saka has retained his spot in our starting XI, ESR has been relegated to a mostly unused sub and Nketiah to a sub…RN has some involvement but also limited. AMN and Willock are gone and other academy players are either out on loan or still in the academy…

Clearly, our academy does have some talent and there seems to be some type of grooming being done in terms of playing style since Arteta has joined the club to ensure that our Academy players are being prepared for first team football…

Yet, barring Saka, there does not seem to be a real spot for them in the starting XI and less and less on the bench…We could see ESR, Nketiah, RN leave this summer…It would not be a good signal to the academy players…

So is it the end of Hale End in our starting XI but also as an attractive spot for Top Talent in the UK?