In the end, it was a frustrating transition window for Arsenal fans, who were desperate to bring at least a new striker.
They looked, with interest to Olie WatkinsBut in the end they kept their powder dry and chose to wait until the summer, instead of moving for a person who were not excessively convinced.
The time will only determine whether it will end up until it is a reasonable call, but it is a huge gambling on the side of the club.
They were less than the attack options when they went to the window after Bocao Saka was injured, but they are now shorter due to the marginalization of Gabriel Jesus due to the knee injury he suffered in the FA Cup.
So they depend on picking up any other injuries from now to the end of the season. If they do, they will be in a real problem. Especially if they lose Kai Hefrtz for any period of time.
It is basically the only option they have when it comes to playing the front position. Lendro Troossard can play there in a batch, but it is now largely or a bust until May, and it will put this huge, mental and physical demand.
Mikeel Arteta has no choice to give him a break and I think this is a real problem. He asks a lot of the player who has already started to show signs of fatigue in recent weeks.
I am sure that Arteta will defend the club's lack of activity in the transportation market and some of their reasons to keep their hands in their pockets is understandable.
They are through the worst congestion of the match now and hope is that Saka will return in March. They also believe that Ethan Nawanry has emerged as a real goal this season.
There was a fear that anything they are doing now could seriously affect their plans for the summer, when it is easier to secure their main goals.
However, Arta should disappoint in the failure of reinforcement. He did not hide the fact that he believes that his team needs some help. He has constantly said that during his press conferences in January.
He has now left with the limited attack options that enter the season, knowing that he will have to try to pressure almost every drop of last energy. It is far from an ideal situation
How near Arsenal is the signatures of the transport window in January?
From my understanding, they were not about to sign a striker in January. There was Real interest in Watskins late in the windowBut it is not really the price that Aston Villa was looking for.
If Villa returns to the table in the last two days, I think Arsenal would have been looking forward to doing something closer to its evaluation of 40 million pounds, but this never happened and it did not seem to happen as soon as Jhon Duran was sold.
There was a lot of gossip around Matess Tel, but I was told that one of them had never descended from the ground. There were some conversations given his clear availability, but Arsenal was focusing more on exploring the movements outside and outside, instead of a striker who can play central but prefer to play on the left because they already believes that they are recruits in that area.
