Mikel Arteta disappointed by lack of January signings at Arsenal
Head coach Mikel Arteta has admitted his disappointment at Arsenal’s failure to make a signing in the January transfer window but believes the club need to stay “very disciplined” to remain on track. The Gunners had an offer in the region of £40 million ($50m) for Ollie Watkins rejected by Aston Villa last week and despite Arteta publicly declaring their … The post Mikel Arteta disappointed by lack of January signings at Arsenal appeared first on Asaase Radio.
Head coach Mikel Arteta has admitted his disappointment at Arsenal’s failure to make a signing in the January transfer window but believes the club need to stay “very disciplined” to remain on track.
The Gunners had an offer in the region of £40 million ($50m) for Ollie Watkins rejected by Aston Villa last week and despite Arteta publicly declaring their need for attacking reinforcements following injuries to Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus, the club was unable to bring anyone in.
Speaking ahead of Arsenal’s Carabao Cup tie against Newcastle, Arteta said: “We had a clear intention which is obvious. There is a window open to explore the possibilities to improve our squad with players that can impact it. We haven’t achieved it.
“So we are disappointed in that sense but as well we are very aware that we only want to bring certain kind of players. We have to be very disciplined with that as well and I think we were.
“I wouldn’t like to go into too much detail. We couldn’t do it for certain reasons and we have to accept it, that’s it. It was a combination of things.”
Pushed to explain how that show of discipline could impact Arsenal’s summer plans — when longer-term targets including Red Bull Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko and Newcastle’s Alexander Isak could be available — Arteta replied: “What I mean about that is in everything, in the kind of profile, in the kind of player that we believe can really make us much better.
“Financially. In a lot of ways, there are a lot of things that we must stay in the lane that has taken us this far and from there, try to improve.
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