Arsenal are looking to strengthen the squad this summer and have already secured the services of David Raya and two further young keepers amid what football.londonhas been told to be a strategy in youth recruitment. However, there is ambition to do more and the club is understood to be closing in on a move for Riccardo Calafiori with further ambitions to land Mikel Merino.

Both players are not homegrown and would therefore be adding to the group’s non-homegrown quota. Premier League clubs are allowed to register a maximum of 17 non-homegrown players per 25-man squad.

A player counts as homegrown if they spent at least three years at an English club before the age of 21. This means that non-English players can count as homegrown just like David Raya (Spain), William Saliba (France) and Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil).

With the likes of Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson, Aaron Ramsdale and Reiss Nelson all being linked with moves away from the club and the two potential arrivals of Calafiori and Merino, this has raised concerns for fans that the club might be flying close to the line and be prevented from making other signings of the same ilk and be forced to look more domestically.

Were all four to leave, Arsenal would be left with the aforementioned Raya, Saliba and Martinelli along with Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Ben White and Karl Hein in their senior squad. Wolves keeper Dan Bentley is also a potential option for Arsenal to take Hein’s spot but as a homegrown player, this would not make any difference as the Estonian international is understood by football.london to be seeking a season-long loan move.

Arsenal’s current roster of non-homegrown players includes Kieran Tierney, Gabriel Magalhaes, Jakub Kiwior, Jurrien Timber, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, Jorginho, Fabio Vieira, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard. A total of 13 players which if adding Calafiori and Merino takes it to 15.

Now, Tierney’s injury has complicated matters but the Scot is still expected to depart or perhaps not even be registered depending on squad space. Therefore there remain three more spots to fill with non-homegrown players giving plenty of room to make further additions.

The likes of Pedro Neto, Nico Williams, Joan Garcia, Viktor Gyokeres and more have been linked and are of course non-homegrown players for Arsenal to sign. The integration of Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly into the senior setup is only going to improve the roster and for now, they are not even required to be registered as part of the 25-man squad due to their young ages.

Arsenal are well-placed in this regard of the window. However, this fact alone is unlikely to quell the growing antsiness of fans baying for more transfers this summer window