Arsenal -Baas Mikel Arteta admits that he is 'disappointed' by the failure of the club to sign a single player in the transfer window of January.
It was a surprisingly quiet month at the Emirates, without new signing sessions and no players in the first team. That is despite Arteta and Co. They try to get a top -level striker, someone who could help reduce the six -point gap to the leaders of the Premier League Liverpool.
Arsenal made an £ 60 million on Ollie Watkins, which was rejected by Aston Villa and also investigated signing summer target Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig. But the Gunners did not end with anyone and forced Arteta to trust Kai Havertz as their starting striker for the rest of this season, as Gabriel Jesus is excluded after tearing his ACL.
Bukayo Saka, the best goal scorer in Arsenal, is also still injured after tearing his hamstring in December. There were fainting that Arsenal could yield the reinforcements on the Deadline Day of the transfer, but things did not happen, making Arteta felt disappointed.
When asked about their attempts to make signing sessions in January, the Gunners answered: “We had a clear intention that a window is open. For the players who can influence it, we have not achieved it. We are disappointed. Are very aware that we only want to take certain types of players with us “
Arteta, who speaks the semi -final of Wednesday Carabao Cup before Wednesday, also explained to Newcastle, also: “The intention to improve the team if we have the capacity to do it. We focus on the things we need keep doing. “
About the reasons why a player was not signed, he simply said: “It was a combination of things.” Arteta then rejected the theory that the goal players did not have the right character. “That was no problem with a player we tried to find,” he said.
Arteta found a positive in the lack of spending of Arsenal, which gives them more room for the summer transfer window. “An extra card!” He smiled. “I don't know what I mean about that is the resources that can make us much better financially.”
Arteta acknowledged that he is now dependent on the inconsistent Havertz and replied: “I think Kai played so many games and had been so important if some major players were not available.”
The Gunners go to St James' Park on Wednesday and have to destroy a 2-0 deficit of the first stage at home.
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