Arteta believes Arsenal can thrive with talented academy players

Emile Smith Rowe has been informed that he will be joining Fulham, while Eddie Nketiah and Charlie Patino are also expected to be transferred in the upcoming days.

But Arteta says: "I want to have a team that is half-academy and half-foreign… and win the Premier League and Champions League consistently. 

"To have it is possible. We can do that tomorrow. To achieve what? That is something different. I have a great example: Athletic Bilbao. What they have done with academy players and Basque players is remarkable.

"But can they win now every year La Liga and the Champions League? That is a different task."