Arsenal's lack of squad depth has an ongoing issue throughout the 2022/23 season amid the congested schedule due to the World Cup taking place this month. The Gunners have suffered countless short and long term absences this campaign and is an issue Edu and Mikel Arteta are fully aware of.
The Gunners were busy in the summer transfer window as five new players were added to Arteta's side in hope of improving on last season's fifth placed finish. Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko were brought in from Manchester City, Fabio Vieira joined as one for the future from Portuguese champions FC Porto and American goalkeeper Matt Turner replaced Bernd Leno as Aaron Ramsdale's back-up.
Whilst Arsenal have enjoyed their best start to a season in the Premier League-era, there has been plenty of downfalls with injuries to Thomas Partey, Mohamed Elneny and Emile Smith-Rowe stripping Arteta's squad to its bare bones. And last week, there was a major scare when Bukayo Saka was forced off after 27 minutes against Nottingham Forest.
