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WELBZ GUNNERS AXE

Arsenal ready to sell three first team players as Unai Emery tries to trim his squad

Welbeck, 27, has just one year left on his contract as Everton are weighing up making a £15m move

ARSENAL are ready to sell Danny Welbeck.

New boss Unai Emery also wants to offload David Ospina and Lucas Perez as he tries to trim his squad.

Danny Welbeck looks set to leave Arsenal before September

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Danny Welbeck looks set to leave Arsenal before September

Everton are considering a £15million move for England striker Welbeck, who is in the final year of his contract and has yet to be offered a new deal.

The 27-year-old is at the back of a long queue of attacking options behind Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi.

Signed in a £16m deal from Manchester United in 2014, Welbeck has scored just 15 Premier League goals for the Gunners in four seasons.

Now he faces a long spell on the subs’ bench unless he can secure a permanent move before the Premier League transfer deadline on August 9.

Welbeck is surplus to requirements at Arsenal next season

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Welbeck is surplus to requirements at Arsenal next season

Unai Emery does not envisage a role for Welbeck in his side

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Unai Emery does not envisage a role for Welbeck in his side

New Everton boss Marco Silva is monitoring his situation but will move only if he fails with a £36m bid for Bordeaux’s Brazilian winger Malcom.

Colombia keeper Ospina is surplus to requirements following the signing of £19.2m Bernd Leno.

Perez, who spent last season on loan at old club Deportivo La Coruna, wants to fight for his place.

But he can go after scoring just one Premier League goal since his £17m move from Spain.