Arsenal expiring contracts: Who is free to leave in 2026 and 2027?

Arsenal's wide-scale rebuild under Mikel Arteta, Edu, Andrea Berta and others finally bore fruit in the 2025-26 season, when the Gunners ended a 22-year wait for another Premier League title.

Arteta and sporting director Berta had overseen another record-breaking summer of spending, one in which Arsenal addressed long-standing squad-depth issues, albeit while failing to generate major income through player sales.

The Champions League runners-up are now expected to adopt a ruthless approach when it comes to playing personnel, either by opting not to renew contracts or offloading fringe names for respectable fees.

There are no Gunners who are due to leave as free agents in 2026, but here, Sports Mole takes a look at the Arsenal players whose contracts expire in the summer of 2027.

Which Arsenal players are out of contract in the summer of 2027?

Leandro Trossard

Age: 31

Position: Winger

Transfer value: £17.4m

Joined: Jan 20, 2023

Joining fee: £20.4m

Arsenal appearances: 174

Arsenal goals: 36

Honours

Premier League (1): 2025-26
Community Shield (1): 2023
Jupiler Pro League (1): 2018-19
Belgian Cup (1): 2013

Leandro Trossard has proven to be a brilliant purchase from Brighton & Hove Albion since joining midway through the 2022-23 campaign, and a new deal is believed to be a topic of discussion at Arsenal following summer interest from Saudi Arabia.

The 2026 winter transfer window closed with Trossard still at the club, but as things stand, he is another high-profile player who could leave for nothing in 2027.

Reiss Nelson

Age: 26

Position: Winger

Transfer value: £10.4m

Joined: 2007

Joining fee: Free

Arsenal appearances: 90

Arsenal goals: 8

Honours

FA Cup (1): 2019-20
Community Shield (2): 2017, 2020

Reiss Nelson was loaned out to Brentford on transfer deadline day, but the Bees unsurprisingly passed up their option to sign him permanently after he played just 118 Premier League minutes.

The 26-year-old is now back at Arsenal, who will almost certainly try to offload him permanently before the start of the new season.

Gabriel Jesus

Age: 29

Position: Striker

Transfer value: £17.4m

Joined: July 4, 2022

Joining fee: £45m

Arsenal appearances: 123

Arsenal goals: 32

Honours

Premier League (5): 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2025-26
FA Cup (1): 2018-19
EFL Cup (4): 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
Community Shield (2): 2018, 2019
Brasileiro (1): 2016
Copa do Brasil (1): 2015

Recently making a full recovery from a devastating ACL injury, Gabriel Jesus's future is up in the air.

There was talk of Flamengo making an attempt to bring Jesus back to Brazil on loan this summer, and Palmeiras are known to be interested in a reunion, but the striker does not envisage himself leaving before his deal runs out.

Furthermore, having made an immediate impact since his long-awaited return, a short-term extension cannot be completely discounted.

Fabio Vieira

Age: 26

Position: Attacking midfielder

Transfer value: £15.9m

Joined: July 1, 2022

Joining fee: £30m

Arsenal appearances: 49

Arsenal goals: 3

Honours

Community Shield (1): 2023
Primeira Liga (2): 2019-20, 2021-22
Taca de Portugal (1): 2021-22

Portuguese playmaker Fabio Vieira enjoyed a successful 2025-26 loan stint at Hamburg, registering seven goals and five assists in 29 Bundesliga matches, and the German side have the option to sign him permanently.

Gabriel Martinelli

Age: 24

Position: Winger

Transfer value: £39.7m

Joined: July 2, 2019

Joining fee: £6m

Arsenal appearances: 278

Arsenal goals: 62

Honours

Premier League (1): 2025-26
FA Cup (1): 2019-20
Community Shield (1): 2023

Gabriel Martinelli has entered the final 24 months of his Gunners agreement, and even though he is not the same attacking force he once was in 2022-23, his deal includes a one-year option which will almost certainly be triggered.