ARSENAL is facing a major dilemma unless the team can break its transfer duck in the remaining few days of the window.
Calum Chambers’ surprise move to Aston Villa has left Mikel Arteta with just 21 senior players… and one of them is the out-of-favour Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
That leaves the Gunners desperately exposed for the second half of the season as they look to secure Champions League qualification for the first time since 2016.
With Arteta and his players currently away in Dubai, sporting director Edu is frantically trying to bolster the squad before Monday’s transfer deadline.
But an ambitious move for Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic came to nothing after weeks of negotiations and now they fear they are going to miss out on Juventus midfielder Arthur.
That has left them scrambling around for alternatives, but club sources are increasingly pessimistic of completing any major business before the window closes.
All of which raises the question as to why they have allowed five senior players to leave this month, with Chambers following Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Pablo Mari, Sead Kolasinac and Folarin Balogun through the Emirates exit.
Remarkably, Arteta has now got rid of 16 of the players he inherited from Unai Emery just two years ago – with only Emi Martinez and Joe Willock leaving for a transfer fee so far.
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