Arsenal was a very different club in a very different position when they were turned down by a £30 million target during the summer of 2021. The Gunners had finished eighth that previous season. Manager Mikel Arteta was still a novice in coaching terms. Yet to convince the Arsenal supporters that he could make the transition from assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City to head honcho at the Emirates. And had Manuel Locatelli opted to move to England instead of Juventus, that summer’s European Championship winner would have joined a team containing Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette, Nuno …