Arsenal have certainly been extremely busy with July 2023 now a week old.
Going back to last Saturday when the international transfer window officially opened thus allowing for Pablo Mari to complete a permanent transfer to Monza following a successful loan spell, two days later marked the first day of pre-season training for some members of the Gunners' senior squad.
Despite new signing Kai Havertz being among the players given extra time off after being involved on international duty during the summer, the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Magalhaes, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Oleksandr Zinchenko were all present at London Colney.
From there it was revealed that two more new faces are imminent with football.london reporting that Arsenal had reached an agreement with Ajax for the signing of Jurrien Timber which came hot on the heels of a club-record £105million deal being struck with West Ham United for Declan Rice.
However, this week has also seen the departure of Granit Xhaka as his £21.5million transfer to Bayer Leverkusen was confirmed on Thursday evening with his brace against Wolves in the last game of the 2022/23 season proving to be his final act in a Gunners shirt after nearly 300 appearances across all competitions.
Now, either side of Xhaka's exit has been two contract extensions with Reiss Nelson's four-year deal - which includes the option of an additional 12 months - being announced around 24 hours before it was made official that William Saliba has also committed his future to the club.
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After the dust had settled on the double announcement, as seen below, Arsenal uploaded a 15-second video to Twitter of Nelson asking Saliba when he would be signing his new contract and immediately handing the camera over to the France international who then shares a message with supporters.
This sequence of events has prompted a theory amongst some fans on the aforementioned social media platform that there will be a joint announcement for Rice and Timber once all the formalities have been completed.
@OnomzAy said: "Rice and Timber next", @princesammyaley said: "I know this video is not complete", @_IKENNA_ said: "Oh then pass to Timber and Timber to Rice", @Sir_Fin said: "We need Timber and Rice announcement on the same day. So we can cook" and @atulvechem said: "We might get that Rice-Timber double announcement after all."
With both Rice and Timber undergoing medicals on Friday, it would appear that it's just a matter of time before they are officially unveiled as Arsenal players but whether the club's media team have something special planned in regards to the announcements remains to be seen.
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