Unai Emery will have a transfer budget of only 45 million pounds this summer

Arsenal's director, Unai Emery, will only have a transfer budget of £ 45 million this summer.

After learning that he could only sign loan signatures during the January transfer period, Sportsmail understands that the Gunners boss will again be forced to work within tight financial limits this summer.

Emery has been informed that he will have money to spend before next season – and Sunday's 3-1 defeat at Manchester City has highlighted the gap that separates Arsenal from the elite.

The director of Arsenal, Unai Emery, will have a transfer budget of only 45 million pounds this summer

Emery wants to sign at least three players, including a new left-back this summer, but in the current market, a £ 45 million cat will create obvious difficulties to try to improve the team.

Selling players would allow Emery to complete her transfer budget. Unloading Mesut Ozil would certainly relax the restrictions. The salary of £ 350,000 per week from the German turns out to be a heavy burden for the club 's finances, especially since it is now on the outskirts of the city. Emery team.

However, moving to Ozil is probably easier said than done, precisely because of these astronomical wages.

Aaron Ramsey and Danny Welbeck are expected to leave free transfers and, with the retirement of Petr Cech, a reduction of nearly £ 300,000 from the weekly payroll.

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The club will also seek to sell a number of marginal players to generate additional funds, while qualifying for the Champions League would also help stimulate the kitten.

For their part, the Gunners hope to have a new technical director by the beginning of next season, the Roman supremo Monchi becoming the main competitor of the role.

Monchi, who has carved a reputation as an outstanding football administrator, has worked successfully with Emery in Seville.

The hierarchy of Arsenal has more and more the feeling that the Spaniard is the ideal candidate to fulfill this new role.

Selling players such as Mesut Ozil would allow Emery to complete her transfer budget

Former Dutch winger Marc Overmars, who won the double with Arsenal in 1998, is also in the running for the job, but the fact that the Dutchman is not up to expectations is worrying, given his lack of talent. 39, technical director experience.

Overmars has been for six years director of Ajax football, but the Dutch league is not considered one of the top competitions of Europe.

The former Arsenal midfielder, Steve Morrow, who remains involved in the club's preparations, could also be involved in the internal reshuffle at the end of the season.