Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his side’s big win over Real Madrid, which sent them through to their first Champions League semi-final since 2009, can boost the club’s appeal to top targets in the close season transfer window.

Mikel Arteta has previously stayed tight-lipped on Arsenal's summer plans, but he has now offered a rare insight into how he wants his squad to look next season

It is one thing to dismantle Real Madrid, the European champions, in a two-leg knockout tie. It is another thing entirely to do so without a recognised striker, without arguably your best central defender and with a teenager at left-back who had never even played in defence before this season.