Wilshere announced on Instagram that he is leaving the club. Apparently Emery made it clear that he wasn't in his plans. It didn't work out but I will always have nothing but fondness for Jack, whose principal limitation was glass ankles. He played 3800 minutes when he was 18/19 years old - not atypical for a mainstay at a club in multiple competitions - and never got within 1000 minutes of that figure for the next seven years. This sport is far too competitive for anybody to develop properly if they're spending that much time on the training table.
Torreira seems to be the direct replacement. There have been a thousand signs and hints and now Sampdoria's president has confirmed that the player is gone.
With Leno and Lichsteiner in the fold and Sokratis seemingly very likely, this has been a very productive window so far. The signings aren't super sexy but they all improve serious areas of need for the club. Wenger left us in a bad spot - a team that needs a rebuild but also need to get back into the Champion's League after a two year absence. I'd like to see at least one more high-upside young player (in addition to Torreira) brought in, preferably a winger. But overall I think the new management is doing a good job with some smart signings and balancing building for the future with increasing near-term competitiveness.
One lingering issue is whether both Ramsey and Ozil can have a real future at the club. Emery has favored the 4-2-3-1 throughout his career and he has always liked midfielders that do the dirty work of keeping the team ticking in possession, shielding the back line, and maintaining tactical discipline. Elneny and Xhaka have signed new deals since Emery was announced and are clearly in his plans for the position, as is Torreira and, possibly, Maitland-Niles. In an Emery world, Ramsey is a 10 or a winger. Can you play Ramsey and Ozil in the same team in Emery's 4-2-3-1? In theory you can, but neither are ideal fits for the wing and that's doubly true if the opposite side "winger" is Mkhi, another player that is more a midfielder than a forward. I'm sympathetic to the notion that depth is good and squad selection problems have a way of solving themselves via injury. But Ozil is the highest paid player at the club and Ramsey, if given a new contract, would possibly be the second. I wouldn't be shocked if one of the two is sold this summer and I think it might not be a bad idea, as long as the money was productively reinvested in other areas.