We have Valencia to come later this week, a crucial game for obvious reasons as recent domestic form means we have to put more and more of our eggs in the Europa League basket. Remarkably, it's not impossible for us to still finish in the top four. It requires Chelsea to drop points and for us to win our final two games quite healthily. I'm a long way from convinced that will happen but this season is so weird that you can't rule it out 100%. We'll focus on Valencia over the next couple of days but for today I want to touch on something we discussed in yesterday's record length Arsecast Extra: the squad rebuilding job that lies ahead this summer. There is a lot to do, made much more...
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