The January transfer window is nearing and with the mid-season break for the World Cup, teams will have plenty of time to prepare their moves. It gives them a chance to reinforce the squad for the second half of the season and one side that could take advantage of that is Arsenal.
The Gunners have made an ideal start to their Premier League campaign, sitting top of the tree by the month-long stoppage and five points clear of Manchester City in second. The strength in depth between both sides may be the only huge difference between the two sides.
That was made particularly clear when Arsenal crashed out of the Carabao cup as a rotated side lost to Brighton. "The planning of that period is extremely difficult," Mikel Arteta said on the transfer window ahead. "First of all because we know the January window, how special it is, the opportunities that you have, the short window that you have.
