Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis says that the club's transfer focus this summer will be on signing a small number of high quality players in order that they can compete for the Premier League title next season.
The Gunners head into the FA Cup final this weekend against Aston Villa, defending the trophy they won last year. However, Arsenal are desperate to once again become regular title contenders in the Premier League after again falling short in that department this term.
Gazidis feels that the club are well placed to compete for players over the summer, but insists they will not sign players for the sake of it and are only in the market for a few additions of genuinely high quality.
And the CEO believes Arsenal must tread carefully in order not to disturb the balance of a squad that he feels showed promise and consistency in the second half of the season.
"We've got a good financial position at the club, so we're really healthy going into the summer", he told Arsenal Player.
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"I think we can make investments. Arsene [Wenger] has said we've got a big and deep squad, and a top quality squad. So it's not just turning over for the sake of turning over.
"The additions that Arsene will make will only be if we're finding really top class players that fulfil a need that we have.
"One of the really important balances to get right this summer is yes, to improve where we can, but also to retain the cohesiveness of the team because that's been a really important ingredient in the second half of this season; the team spirit, the cohesiveness of the group, you don't want to destroy it.
"So it's a delicate operation this summer to get that balance right, but I'm sure we're going to do it. I think in the last three or four years we've made good decisions over the transfer windows that have proven to be good over time.
"I'm hopeful we'll continue to do that and deliver the types of additions we need to make sure we're in a position to compete next year."
Arsenal finished third in the Premier League this season and have not won the English top flight since 2004.
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