Mikel Arteta refused to let the disappointment of missing out on top transfer target Mykhaylo Mudryk to rivals Chelsea detract from Arsenal 's emphatic North London Derby win.
Ukrainian wonderkid Mudryk completed an astonishing £87million move to Chelsea on Sunday, just hours before Arsenal cruised to a comfortable 2-0 victory over neighbours Tottenham. Gunners boss Arteta had identified Mudryk, 21, as his priority target ahead of the January transfer window but Arsenal chiefs refused to meet Shakhtar Donetsk 's lofty asking price.
Chelsea came along and gazumped the Gunners, who refused to budge from their final £62m offer and £50,000-a-week wage proposal - the latter sum being one which the desperate Blues doubled. After trumping Spurs in their one-sided derby, Arteta was asked about missing out on the Ukraine international but was only focused on his own team.
