Arsenal

Full speed ahead or stuck in the blocks? Arsène Wenger will not know how much he has to spend until Emmanuel Adebayor’s future is sorted out this week. If the Togo forward joins AC Milan or Barcelona, the manager will have £30 million to spend.

Makeover complete or room for improvement? Andrei Arshavin was eclipsed by Cesc Fàbregas in the Euro 2008 semi-final between Spain and Russia on Thursday and it is difficult to see how the Russia playmaker would fit in at Arsenal. Roque Santa Cruz, Daniel Güiza, Peter Crouch, Mario Gomes and Miguel Veloso are more realistic targets and Samir Nasri is on his way from Marseilles.

In Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff City, £5m), Francis Coquelin (Stade Lavallois, free).

Out Mathieu Flamini (AC Milan, free), Jens Lehmann (VfB Stuttgart, free).

Preseason matches July 19 Barnet (a). July 22 Szombathelyi Haliadas (a). July 28 Burgenland XI (a). July 30 VfB Stuttgart (a). Aug 2 Juventus (h). Aug 3 Real Madrid (h). Aug 6 Huddersfield Town (a). Aug 8 Ajax (a). Aug 9 Seville (Amsterdam).

Aston Villa

Full speed ahead or stuck in the blocks? The summer planning went from indefinite to definitely bad yesterday when Gareth Barry spoke out at Martin O’Neill’s silence over transfer talks. The manager would like to sign Paul Robinson, Steve Sidwell, David Bentley and Joe Mattock.

Makeover complete or room for improvement? For O’Neill, a perennial late shopper, this is early days. Sidwell just wants to check that Luiz Felipe Scolari, the new Chelsea manager, will not suddenly make him a first choice, then he should be on his way.

Ins None.

Outs Patrik Berger (Sparta Prague, free), Olof Mellberg (Juventus, free), Luke Moore (West Bromwich Albion, £3m), Thomas Sorensen (released), Scott Carson (returned to Liverpool after loan).

Preseason matches July 12 FC Zurich (a). July 15 Lincoln City (a) July 19 Intertoto Cup third round, first leg (away to Odense BK, TPS Turku, or Lisburn Distillery). July 26 Second leg (h). July 22 Walsall (a). Aug 2 Reading (a).