Despite admitting that his squad is one of the thinnest in the Premier League, Mikel Arteta has again ruled out any signing of a new player this month.
“We have one of the thinnest squads in the league, that's for sure,” he confessed. “And when you talk about the numbers, especially in certain areas, we are really thin," he said.
“It wasn't possible [to do any January deals],” he added. “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.”
Arsenal are still without Thomas Partey, Jurrien Timber and Fabio Vieira while Tomiyasu and Mo Elneny are with their nations. Gabriel and Declan Rice are the latest injury casualties and are doubtful for the trip to Nottingham Forest.
