Arsenal plan to strengthen their squad during the summer transfer window and haven been linked to Riccardo Calafiori and Nico Williams as they aim to improve their Premier League chances

The transfer window is well underway but Arsenal have yet to complete a signing to improve their first team squad.

Sporting director Edu and boss Mikel Arteta hope to strengthen the Gunners in the coming weeks but have been unable to work at the pace of 12 months ago. Then, they had already signed Kai Havertz and sold Pablo Mari to Monza, while Granit Xhaka was just days away from a move to Bayer Leverkusen.

The north London side still have plenty of ambitions to go one step further to win the Premier League after falling short as runners-up for the second season in a row. Soon, Euro 2024 will end and Arsenal will head on their pre-season tour of the United States and Arteta will be keen to see any new arrivals travel with him.

Arsenal may just be making some progress. Mirror Football takes a look at some of the transfer news surrounding the club below.

Bologna are reported by TuttoMercatoWeb, per Sport Witness, to have 'said yes'. Calafiori is also said to have been convinced by the Gunners' proposal and a move could unfold quickly.

Arsenal are ahead of Chelsea in their bid to sign the 22-year-old. Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano suggests that Arteta's team are moving more quickly.

Riccardo Calafiori in action for Italy ( Image:

Gunners set deadline While things appear to be progressing well for Calafiori, Arsenal may have some requirements of their own for the deal. They want to see it completed in time for their pre-season tour.

Their first fixture across the Atlantic is against Bournemouth on July 24. That leaves less than three weeks to tie up the signing and introduce Calafiori to the squad.

"We will try to keep Calafiori but if important offers arrive we will have to take them into consideration," he told Sky Sports Italia. "I don't think he will go to Juventus. He will probably go to a different market."

Nico Williams transfer statement Spain star Nico Williams, who has been linked to a transfer to Arsenal and Chelsea this summer, will not entertain the prospect of leaving Athletic Bilbao until after Euro 2024. Williams is set to take on Germany on Friday evening in the quarter-final of the competition, with Spain being one of the tournament's more impressive sides.

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"In the end, my brother [Athletic team-mate Inaki Williams] is a very important person for me . He has lived a similar situation to mine," he told Spanish publication AS.

"He has also had offers from outside Athletic, but I said that I didn't want to know anything about what comes from outside, about signings or stories.

"They know what I am like, the personality I have, and I don't like to know because I get distracted easily. I prefer to focus on one thing and go for it. Because if one thing or another comes to me, in the end my head doesn't work very well.

"My agent, my parents and my family know me perfectly and they know that I don't want to hear anything until the Euros are over."