Mikel Areta has admitted to feeling “disappointed” about Arsenal’s lack of “disappointed” transfer Business during the now closed January window.
The Gunners did not make any new obligations, although they were considered in the window in the part -season with open possibilities in different parts of the field.
Arsenal had been looking for vitor rice strongly in the center and met with the midfielder Sverre Nypan. But rice started Manchester City, while Nypan delayed his decision until summer.
The team in North -London later turned to a striker who leaned an offer for Ollie Watkins and pursued not seriously attacking goals, which about the short interest in Mathys Tel.
“We had a clear intention that it is always a window that is open to explore opportunities to improve our squad with players who can affect it,” Arteta explained to the reporters on Tuesday.
“We have not achieved it, so we are disappointed in this sense, but we are also very aware that we only want to bring in certain types of players, and we also have to be very disciplined, and I think it was. “
It has been reported that the appearance of rice, which was seen in autumn as the most likely club for the Brazilian, is due to an internal debate about how the available resources can best be used. In view of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus, who fails through injuries, Areteta is said to have wondered whether the expenditure of almost 30 million GBP for rice would be improved at short notice.
The decision was made to follow Watkins, and initially an offer of £ 40 million for Aston Villa, which was no longer back the price for the English international. Any willingness from the villa to sell Watkins was then completely withdrawn as soon as she moved to Al Nassr instead.