Mikel Arteta played a high risk strategy in last January’s transfer window - and a year on Arsenal appear to be on the same path.
Last year, Arsenal cleared the squad out with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the headline departure which left them gambling on having enough numbers. This time, Arsenal’s No1 priority is to add some depth which they have done with the £27m signing of Leandro Trossard from Brighton.
But the last few days of the window have been taken up with trying to sign a midfielder as back-up for Thomas Partey. They had a £60m bid turned down for Brighton’s Moises Caicedo and made a further enquiry but were told in no uncertain terms that he is not for sale in this window.
