The transfer window was effectively over before Arsenal started. The club had said during the build-up that a deal was unlikely to be completed, and Mikel Arteta said he would agree with this, but confirmed he would be prepared to act if Arsenal were asked to do so.
“It’s very difficult at the moment,” manager Mikel Arteta said of his team’s prospects in the December market. “We’re really short. We’ve got positions that have been very at risk for the last six weeks, so we’d like to get our players back if we can. In what condition and when?”
“It’s a question mark and we still have certain players with long-term injuries that give us a lot of versatility and that’s a problem. We have certain We have goals and ideas. Similarly, we don’t know.” The team always has to be prepared for what’s going to happen in two weeks.
“But it’s a very, very tricky market, it changes very quickly, it’s also very unpredictable. And we have to be ready. We will try to exercise judgment, if there is anything we can do.” [do to] When we strengthen our team, that need appears, and we can’t meet it with the players here, but we want to be stronger, so we are always ready to do that. ”
In the end, that dire need never came. Arsenal were pushed to the limit towards the end of December, but with just three games in January and the return of a variety of players from injury, they ultimately decided to maintain the status quo for the rest of the season. .
However, that doesn’t mean they won’t grow significantly over the summer. Here’s a look at who Arsenal could sign.