The more things change, the more they stay the same. This a saying that could very well apply to Arsenal during the January transfer window and perhaps why supporters should not panic just yet amid the latest developments surrounding Mykhaylo Mudryk.
Looking at the business that the Gunners have previously completed in a winter window under Mikel Arteta and it's a case of sales being the main priority with the first-team squad being trimmed rather than strengthened. For example, in 2021, Mesut Ozil, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Shkodran Mustafi mutually terminated their contracts and Matt Macey joined Hibernian.
Furthermore, that same window saw Sead Kolasinac, William Saliba, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Joe Willock seal loan moves to Schalke, Nice, West Brom and Newcastle United respectively having not played much football, if at all, during the first half of the 2020/21 season.
