Hector Bellerin and Olivier Giroud have both indicated that they could be open to moves away from Arsenal despite manager Arsene Wenger’s attempt to complete a series of early summer signings.

The transfer of left-back Saed Kolasinac from Schalke was formally confirmed on Tuesday and Wenger has still not given up on signing Monaco striker Kyrian Mbappe, but there are also likely to be prominent departures this summer.

The most obvious uncertainty surrounds those players with only one year remaining on their contracts, notably Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs, but a degree of restlessness is evident elsewhere.