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Chris Wheatley

Edu's January transfer failure may cost Mikel Arteta his top-four Arsenal dream

Arsenal may have trimmed their wage bill during the January transfer window, but the failure to sign a central midfielder and striker could cost them their top-four hopes.

Technical director Edu had begun the transfer window with his focus on Dusan Vlahovic, a player who was always likely to stay in Italy and told close friends that he wanted to join Juventus, as football.london previously reported.

Talks with representatives of leading European strikers including Jonathan David, Alexander Isak and Dominic Calvert-Lewin were all held, but in the end, nothing came to fruition.

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