Although I do it through gritted teeth, there is something admirable about the way Arsenal have cut their losses in the January transfer window.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's deadline day move to Barcelona stands out as the most prominent given his dramatic fallout with Mikel Arteta and subsequent exclusion from the first-team squad.
It feels pretty ironic that four years since his original £56m move from Borussia Dortmund which helped Chelsea secure Olivier Giroud, the Gabon forward leaves without much love.
