It may seem odd to label a transfer window which included the recruitment of an Olympic gold medallist and the loan signing of the player who scored the winning goal at Euro 2022 a failure, but that is the nature of the world in which Arsenal are now operating.
The issue is less about who they did sign – Jenna Nighswonger and Chloe Kelly being shrewd additions – and more about who they didn’t, and the perceived absence of a coherent recruitment strategy.
