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Arsenal‘s latest financial records show they are well set to be “very competitive” in the summer transfer window.
The Gunners recorded an overall loss of just £1.4million for the 2024/25 financial year, while bringing in record revenues of £691m.
The period between June 2024 and May 2025 had £124m of transfer outlay, but the net spend was only £18m due to the sales of Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah and Aaron Ramsdale.
Arsenal spent big again last summer, which is not included in the latest accounts, but football finance expert Kieran Maguire believes the Gunners are in a strong position to be able to keep investing.
That is largely due to wage costs only being at around 50 per cent of revenue.
“Arsenal have no qualms whatsoever when it comes to compliance with either UEFA’s Financial Fair Play or Squad Cost Ratio rules, or the current and the future Premier League rules,” Maguire told Standard Sport.
“That’s because their wages to revenue ratio is one of the lowest in the Premier League. All in all, a very strong position. Yes they’ve got a bit of debt, but other than that I see no problems whatsoever.
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“They’re in a position to be very competitive this summer when the next transfer window opens.”
Arsenal’s revenue of £691m is a record figure for the club. Commercial revenues rose from £218.3m to £263.2m, boosted by a 27 per cent rise in the success of the retail operations.
The club recently announced that season ticket prices will increase for the fifth season in a row, this time by an average of 3.9 per cent.
Arsenal have put that down to rising operational matchday costs and the need to keep investing in the squad.
“Arsenal’s financial results show the investment and the strategy employed by the senior members of the club has paid off, both on the field and off it,” Maguire said.
“The effective break even, after taking into account player sales, shows that has worked. On the back of that, they have very good revenues.
“Although fans won’t necessarily be happy with the increase in prices, they have transformed the club from a commercial point of view.
“That is on the back of regular qualification for the Champions League, which is the biggest driver of growth at present, especially with the new Swiss model.”
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