Noni Madueke to Arsenal transfer could help Mikel Arteta win historic double

Arsenal's summer spending looks set to continue in the next few weeks, with Chelsea's Noni Madueke the latest player set to join the Gunners.

After securing the signings of Kepa Arrizabalaga and Martin Zubimendi, Arsenal will now look to make further additions to their squad, with attacking players a priority. The chase for Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres continues, while Madueke is set to join Mikel Arteta's side.

Madueke has already agreed personal terms with Arsenal ahead of a possible move to north London, as Arsenal and Chelsea agreed on a fee for the Englishman worth £52million in total, with £48.5million guaranteed. Chelsea signed the 23-year-old for £30million from PSV in 2023.

Since making his move to Stamford Bridge, Madueke has become an important player for Enzo Maresca's side, with the winger scoring 11 goals in 45 games last season. So, if Arsenal were to sign Madueke this summer, how could the winger perform? Let's take a look.

Arsenal's 2025/26 season simulated with Noni Madueke

To set up this simulation, we used Football Manager 2024 to move Madueke to Arsenal in the summer transfer window for £50million before simulating the 2025/26 season.

On arrival, Arteta was figuring out the best way to use Madueke in his team, with the winger starting most cup games while mainly appearing off the bench in the league. With Ethan Nwaneri, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli also fighting for a spot in the starting XI, game time was shared throughout the season, but Madueke still featured regularly, making 51 appearances across all competitions.

Out of those appearances, just 22 of them were starts, with the winger more often used by Arteta off the bench as an impact sub. Madueke managed 10 goals and four assists across all competitions, with Nwaneri (17), Kai Havertz (21) and Saka (26) the only players to score more.

At the end of the 2025/26 season, Football Manager 2024 put together an overall best Arsenal XI, based on performances, statistics, and other metrics. This is what it looked like:

Full Arsenal best XI: (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard; Saka, Havertz, Nwaneri.

Madueke missed out on a spot in Arsenal's best XI, with Nwaneri and Saka starting on either wing. New signing Zubimendi joined Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard in midfield, while Havertz was the Gunners' striker for the season.

Madueke only made 11 starts in the Premier League, but he still had a big impact, with the Englishman scoring off the bench three times, all resulting in wins. Those goals proved important, with the Gunners managing to win the Premier League title in the simulation.

26 wins, nine draws and three losses saw Arsenal end the campaign with 87 points, two more than Man City in second and four more than Liverpool in third. As well as the Premier League, Arteta's side also managed to win the Champions League with Madueke in their squad in what was a fantastic season.

After beating Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool and Manchester City on the route to the final, Odegaard scored the only goal of the game as Arsenal beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the final. A 2-0 loss to Liverpool saw the Gunners exit the FA Cup in the semi-final, while a 4-2 defeat against Manchester United ended their Carabao Cup run in the quarter-finals.

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