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Luiz out, Lacazette stays: Keown calls for five changes 'minimum' at Arsenal in summer window

The former Gunners defender believes fresh faces could be drafted into Emirates Stadium from back to front in the next transfer market

Arsenal need to be making "a minimum of five changes" to their strongest starting XI this summer, says Martin Keown, with the former Gunners defender suggesting that Bernd Leno, Hector Bellerin and David Luiz could be among those moved on.

Mikel Arteta is in the process of piecing together plans for the next transfer window, with the merits of possible incomings and departures being weighed up.

The Gunners do have a promising core of young talent to work with, which is offering cause for optimism, but decisions need to be made on more senior stars that are either approaching the end of their contracts or offering little to the collective cause.