Gunners analysed ahead of the new campaign.
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After ending their nine-year silverware drought in May, Arsenal can add another trophy to their cabinet by beating Manchester City in the Community Shield this weekend.
However, the Wembley curtain-raiser ranks low on the Gunners’ agenda for the new season.
Having tasted FA Cup success, the North London club want more and, while qualifying for 17 successive Champions Leagues is very impressive, a top-four finish alone will no longer cut it.
Here, we take a closer look at Arsenal ahead of the 2014-15 campaign.
Preseason form: WLWL
Boreham Wood 0-2 Arsenal (Kris Olsson and Benik Afobe)
New York Red Bulls 1-0 Arsenal
Arsenal 5-1 Benfica (Yaya Sanogo [4] and Joel Campbell)
Arsenal 0-1 AS Monaco
Summer transfer business
Arrivals:
Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona for £30m
Calum Chambers from Southampton for £16m
Mathieu Debuchy from Newcastle United for £12m
David Ospina from Nice for £3m
Departures:
Johan Djourou to Hamburg for £2.5m
Thomas Eisfeld to Fulham for £800,000
Wellington Silva to Almeria on loan
Benik Afobe to MK Dons on loan
Carl Jenkinson to West Ham on loan
Chuks Aneke to SV Zulte-Waregem on free transfer
Zak Ansah to Charlton Athletic on free transfer
Bacary Sagna to Manchester City on free transfer
Lukasz Fabianski to Swansea City on free transfer
Zach Fagan to Welling on free transfer
Chu-Young Park – released
Daniel Boateng – released
Nicklas Bendtner – released