2026–27 Arsenal F.C. season

New contracts

The following Arsenal players signed their first or new professional contracts with the club.

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Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Contract type	Ref.
First team
Academy
15 Jul 2026	76	GK	Remi Łupiński	First professional contract	[1]
17 Jul 2026	52	DF	Josh Ogunnaike		[2]
26 Jul 2026	73	DF	Callan Hamill		[3]

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Released

The following players from Arsenal's first team, under-21s and under-18s squads were released by the club.

Note: Excludes players who joined Arsenal on loan in the previous season and returned to their parent clubs this season.

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Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Joined date	Ref.
First team
Academy
30 Jun 2026	39	MF	Harrison Dudziak			[4]
	40	FW	Sebastian Ferdinand
	42	DF	Cam'ron Ismail
	48	DF	Josh Nichols	Kustošija (First Football League)	1 July 2026	[4][5]
	51	GK	Alexéi Rojas	Penafiel (Liga Portugal 2)	18 July 2026	[4][6]
	54	DF	William Sweet			[4]
	70	DF	Samuel Chapman	Georgia Southern Eagles (Sun Belt Conference)	1 July 2026	[4][7]
	74	MF	Alex Marciniak	Cracovia (Ekstraklasa)	18 July 2026	[4][8]
	77	DF	Samuel Onyekachukwu			[4]

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Transfers in

The following players joined Arsenal permanently and signed professional contracts with the club.

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Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Transfer fee	Contract ends	Ref.
First team
1 Jul 2026	5	DF	Piero Hincapié	Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga)	£34.5m[9]	2031[9]	[10]
9 Jul 2026	30	GK	Illan Meslier	Unattached[a]	Free[11]	2028+1[11]	[12]
23 Jul 2026	17	FW	Christos Tzolis	Club Brugge (Pro League)	£34.0m[13]	2031[13]	[14]
Academy
21 Jul 2026	57	DF	Elijah Upson	Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League)	Free	Undisclosed	[15]

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Total expenditure: £68.5 million (excluding potential add-ons, bonuses, undisclosed figures and future transfers)

Transfers out

The following players departed Arsenal permanently and signed professional contracts with another club.

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Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Transfer fee	Ref.
First team
1 Jul 2026[a]	31	GK	Karl Hein	Werder Bremen (Bundesliga)	£2.6m[16]	[17]
1 Jul 2026	15	DF	Jakub Kiwior	Porto (Primeira Liga)	£14.6m + £4.3m[18][b]	[19]
15 Jul 2026	19	FW	Leandro Trossard	Beşiktaş (Süper Lig)	£15.4m + £1.6m[20]	[21]
Academy

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Total income: £32.6 million (excluding potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)

Loans in

The following players joined Arsenal on loan and signed professional contracts with the club.

Total expenditure: £0.0 million (excluding purchase options and additional fees)

Loans out

The following players departed Arsenal on loan and signed professional contracts with another club.

• Date^‡ – Loan was originally scheduled to last to until end of the season but was curtailed.

Total income: £0.0 million (excluding undisclosed figures)

Overall transfer activity

Note: All loan fees included. All potential add-ons, bonuses, undisclosed figures and future transfers excluded.

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Transfer window	Spending	Income	Net expenditure
Summer 2026	£68.5 million	£32.6 million	£35.9 million
Winter 2027	£0.0 million	£0.0 million	£0.0 million
Total	£68.5 million	£32.6 million	£35.9 million

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Overall record

FA Community Shield

Arsenal, as the 2025–26 Premier League champions, are set to play Manchester City, the winners of the 2025–26 FA Cup. The fixture is set to take place at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff instead of its traditional venue of Wembley Stadium due to the latter hosting the Weeknd for his After Hours til Dawn Tour.^[26]

Premier League

FA Cup

As a Premier League side, Arsenal enter the FA Cup in the third round.

EFL Cup

The Gunners entered the EFL Cup in the third round as one of the Premier League teams participating in UEFA competitions.

UEFA Champions League

As the champions of the Premier League, Arsenal entered the UEFA Champions League in the league phase.

Appearances

Includes all competitions for senior team.

Goals

Includes all competitions for senior team.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions for senior team. The list is sorted by red cards, then yellow cards (and by squad number when total cards are equal). Players with no cards are not included in the list.

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Rk.	No.	Pos.	Player	Premier League			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Champions League			Total			Ref.
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Clean sheets

Includes all competitions for senior team. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in square brackets represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in square brackets is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no appearances not included in the list.