Arsenal officials, manager Mikel Arteta and sporting director Edu Gaspar have used the transfer market wisely in recent years to rebuild the Gunners squad, but who is the club’s most expensive signing of all time?
Here at Football FanCast, we’ve taken a look at Arsenal’s most expensive signings in their history, as per Transfermarkt, with a detailed look at the top 10.
| Arsenal’s most expensive signings of all time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player | Fee | Signed from | Year |
| 1 | Declan Rice | €116m | West Ham | 2023 |
| 2 | Nicolas Pepe | €80m | Lille | 2019 |
| 3 | Kai Havertz | €75m | Chelsea | 2023 |
| 4 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | €63.75m | Borussia Dortmund | 2018 |
| 5 | Ben White | €58.5m | Brighton | 2022 |
| 6 | Alexandre Lacazette | €53m | Lyon | 2017 |
| 7 | Gabriel Jesus | €52.2m | Man City | 2022 |
| 8 | Thomas Partey | €50m | Atletico Madrid | 2020 |
| 9 | Mesut Ozil | €47m | Real Madrid | 2013 |
| 10 | Granit Xhaka | €45m | Borussia Monchengladbach | 2016 |
| 11 | Alexis Sanchez | €42.5m | Barcelona | 2014 |
| 12 | Shkodran Mustafi | €41m | Valencia | 2016 |
| 13 | Jurrien Timber | €40m | Ajax | 2023 |
| =14 | Martin Odegaard | €35m | Real Madrid | 2021 |
| =14 | Oleksandr Zinchenko | €35m | Man City | 2022 |
| =14 | Fabio Vieira | €35m | FC Porto | 2022 |
| 17 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | €34m | Man Utd | 2018 |
| 18 | William Saliba | €30m | Saint Etienne | 2019 |
| 19 | Lucas Torreira | €28.65m | Sampdoria | 2018 |
| 20 | Aaron Ramsdale | €28m | Sheffield United | 2021 |
Here’s a detailed look at Arsenal’s 10 most expensive signings:
