Arsenal are one of a number of sides expected to be busy during the January transfer window as the Gunners look to reinforce their squad for the rest of the season. While there's still over a month until the market reopens, plans are being drawn up everywhere over signings and targets for when it finally opens.
For Mikel Arteta, the window will come straight after his side make a return to Premier League action in late December after the World Cup break. That month-long hiatus is at a time where Arsenal are in their stride, sitting top of the league and with a five-point gap on Manchester City in second.
Although with that break moving them closer to the transfer window, it could be a blessing in disguise after Arteta admitted his squad was light on numbers. “That’s the squad that we have and we have to try to utilise the squad in the best possible way," the Spaniard told reporters after his side were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Brighton.
