Arsenal have let go of around £145million worth of talent as Mesut Ozil nears an exit from the club in the Gunners’ eighth departure in just three years.
Axed playmaker Ozil, who is the club’s joint-highest paid player at £350,000-a-week, is set to join Fenerbahce on a free transfer, with Arsenal shelling out his salary for the rest of the season while he joins on loan.
The German is one of a number of top players at the club who have been allowed to leave on a free, showing a trend has emerged behind the scenes at the Emirates Stadium.
So here are the eight first team players who have left Arsenal since 2018 and their combined value at the time of departure, as per transfermarkt, and their stories since leaving the club.
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