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Arsene Wenger's legendary spell at Arsenal came to an end in May of 2018 after a 22-year reign as the Gunners boss. Unai Emery was quickly appointed as his replacement and he has already started to put his own stamp on the squad with the additions of Lucas Torreira, Bernd Leno and Matteo Guendouzi.
Over the coming year, Emery will want to bring in more of his own players and this may see a number of high profile names exit the club. Arsenal are a club that needs to sell before they can buy and David Ospina, Lucas Perez and Joel Campbell were among those sacrificed this summer.
Those three players were on the first team fringes but now that Emery has had time to assess his squad, we may see much higher profile names leaving. Here are five of the Arsenal players who are at risk of being sold in the next 12 months.
#5 Nacho Monreal
Sead Kolasinac looked set to Emery's number one choice at left-back, however the 25-year-old suffered a serious knee injury on the eve of the season. This meant that Nacho Monreal earned a recall to the first team but Kolasinac is now set to return after recovering from his injury. His future at Arsenal is also further complicated by the fact that Emery is also reportedly targeting another left-back.
This will most likely push Monreal back to the bench, and with interest in the Spaniard from abroad, the 32-year-old is unlikely to want to play back up. Monreal will most likely move on at the end of the season and in the meantime he will feature in Arsenal's potentially lengthy run in the Europa League.
#4 Petr Cech
Much was made of Petr Cech joining Arsenal from neighbours Chelsea back in 2014. The 37-year-old has however been poor during his four years at the London club, and he now looks set to have lost his place to new signing Bernd Leno.
Emery simply can't trust the Czech goalkeeper due to his error strung displays, and his inability to play the ball out from the back. The goalkeeper is out of contract at the end of the season, so he will most likely move on to seek a final challenge.
#3 Laurent Koscielny
Laurent Koscielny was a firm favourite of Arsene Wenger, however Unai Emery seems to have moved on without the Arsenal captain. Sokratis was signed in the summer and Arsenal also have much younger options at centre back such as Holding and Mustafi.
The Frenchman recently retired from international duty after missing the World Cup triumph through injury, and he will now find it difficult to break back into the Arsenal first team. Reports this week stated that Emery would not stand in Koscielny's way if he chooses to move on, so a return to France at the end of the season may suit all parties.
#2 Aaron Ramsey
The Welshman is Arsenal's longest serving player, however the club recently withdrew a contract extension that Ramsey thought had been agreed upon. This means that the 27-year-old will almost certainly leave Arsenal at the end of the current campaign.
It is a sad ending to Ramsey's lengthy spell in London, as Emery seems content to move forward without the player that has made nearly 350 appearances for the club. Ramsey will of course have no trouble finding a new club, and he will command a huge salary due to his lack of price tag.
#1 Mesut Ozil
Arsene Wenger worked tirelessly throughout the latter stages of his tenure to ensure that both Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez would stay in London. Sanchez of course left for Manchester United, but the German eventually signed an extension with Arsenal until 2021.
The change in manager has however put Ozil's future at the club in some doubt. The 30-year-old has visibly shown his disappointment at being subbed and Ozil has publicly told Emery that he wants to play the number 10 role rather than play out wide.
Due to this, the talented playmaker is being linked to a move to Turkey, which is a country that is close to his roots. Let's just hope that Emery and Ozil can sort out their problems so that the German can continue to build his legacy as one of Arsenal's greats.
