Welcome to all football and Premier League fans, as we are here with the top 5 list of Most Expensive Arsenal Transfers in the history of the clubs. The success ratio of these signings have been largely positive, with some of them justifying their huge transfer fees while some having just joined and having a bright start so far with the Gunners. However, a few of them have been immensely disappointing as well. Nonetheless, let's not waste any more time, scroll down below to find out the top 5 most expensive Arsenal signings ever made by the club.
Eberechi Eze - €69.3 million, Crystal Palace)
The signing of Eberechi Eze by Arsenal was one of the biggest transfer hijacks of the 2025 Summer Transfer Window. Eze was all set to join Arsenal's biggest rivals Tottenham, and be a part of the Thomas Frank era. However, an unexpected injury to Kai Havertz led to a change of plans for Arsenal and they accelerated their new plan of signing Eze and eventually got it done. He has been impressive at Arsenal so far and looks to have a bright future ahead.
Martin Zubimendi - €70 million, Real Sociedad )
Martin Zubimendi is a name that was linked to some of the biggest clubs in world football over the past few years. Last year he was almost certain to join Arne Slot's Liverpool side, but the Spaniard ended up rejecting them in the very end. He was always linked to Real Madrid and Barcelona as well in the past year or 2. However, it was Arsenal who got him, and so far he's been one of their most transformative signings in recent years. Zubimendi has been an absolute game-changer for the Gunners, and could lead them to Premier League glory.
Kai Havertz - €75 million, Chelsea )
Even the biggest supporters of Kai Havertz were shocked to see a club like Arsenal spend €75 million for the player, who was quite underwhelming at Chelsea and officially labelled as a flop for failing to justify his massive transfer price. The move was met with widespread anger and confusion by Arsenal fans, with Mikel Arteta explaining at the time that Havertz had a gifted player within him and he fit all the key aspects Arsenal were looking at in a forward back then. Although he's improved a lot at Arsenal, the transfer is a flop as it stands due to the massive fee.
Nicolas Pepe - €80 million, Lille)
Arsenal was notorious for spending in a controlled and restrained manner during the final years of Arsene Wenger, and this has led to huge criticism from their fans. Thus, it was quite a shock when Arsenal decided to pay an unbelievable €80 million transfer fee to Lille for Nicolas Pepe. Arsenal fans were over the moon after getting to know about the transfer, but sadly for them, the excitement was short-lived. Nicolas Pepe had a disastrous stint with the Gunners, and is arguably their worst ever signing in history.
