It's no secret where Arsenal wanted to strengthen in the final hours of the transfer market.
The Gunners had already been active in the window bringing in Matt Turner, Marquinhos, Fabio Vieira, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko. Several players had also left the club with Nicolas Pepe, Bernd Leno and Lucas Torreira among the highest profile stars to depart.
Going into transfer deadline day it had appeared as though this had set the stage perfectly for Arsenal to make a late move for a winger. Mykhaylo Mudryk and Pedro Neto were among the players linked, but right at the last plans had to be changed.
