Arsenal broke club record with late January transfer deal as Mikel Arteta issues squad verdict
The final day of the transfer window is upon us and there is work still to be done.
Arsenal have yet to make a signing this month and are running out of time to do so. Meanwhile, the Gunners have seen Marquinhos return from Nantes, Omar Rekik from Wigan, and recalled Mika Biereth from Motherwell before heading on loan to Sturm Graz in the Austrian Bundesliga.
Alex Kirk and Kido Taylor Hart both joined Bromley on loan this month but there has been little action around the first team. Something Mikel Arteta appears to have accepted.
"We have one of the thinnest squads in the League, that's for sure, and when you talk about the numbers, especially in certain areas, we are really thin," he said ahead of the club's win over Nottingham Forest.
"It wasn't possible [to do any January deals]. And now we didn't have the capacity to improve the team in the way that we think we want to improve it, so we decided not to do something yet."
The Gunners have been known to pounce at the final moment however, so a careful eye will remain on Hale End in the Emirates on the final day of the window. Mirror Football takes a look at deadline day deals that Arsenal have previously completed.
Just 12 months ago Arsenal were able to act on transfer deadline day to land Jorginho from Chelsea. The Italian midfielder has made 37 appearances in his first year with the club having arrived in a £12million deal.
Rumours of interest from Barcelona have already emerged with Jorginho's contract set to expire at the end of the season but the Gunners hold an option for a further year.
The final day of the 2022 window saw Trusty signed from Colorado Rapids but remain on loan with the MLS club until that July. That summer saw him quickly loaned to Birmingham City where
Read on m.allfootballapp.com
