For many years after the Emirates was built, Arsenal struggled to compete financially with the other big sides.
This saw the Gunners slip away in the Premier League title race and from 2017, they continued to miss out on Champions League football.
However, Arsenal have begun to spend more in recent years and Mikel Arteta was able to guide the north Londoners to a 2nd place finish in 2022/23.
This summer was seen Arsenal increase their spending even further, with Jurrien Timber, Kai Havertz and Declan Rice all signed.
Rice’s signing was a club and British record fee of £100m plus £5m in achievable add-ons.
But who else makes up the list of Arsenal’s most expensive signings ever?
Arsenal’s most expensive signings
9. Mesut Ozil (£42.4m from Real Madrid)
8. Gabriel Jesus (£45m from Man City)
7. Thomas Partey (£45.3m from Atletico Madrid)
6. Alexandre Lacazette (£46.5m from Lyon)
5. Ben White (£50m from Brighton)
4. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£56m from Borussia Dortmund)
3. Kai Havertz (£65m from Chelsea)
2. Nicolas Pepe (£72m from Lille)
1. Declan Rice (£100m + £5m ad-ons from West Ham)
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