Mikel Arteta names four Arsenal stars who can cover for Kai Havertz after ‘disappointing’ transfer window
Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal were left disappointe after their failure to sign a new forward during. The transfer window, but he remains confident he has enough firepower at his disposal.
After the injuries sustained by Bukayo Saka สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน and Gabriel Jesus, the Gunners were expecte to bring in reinforcements and were heavily linke to the likes of Ollie Watkins, Mathys Tel and Benjamin Sesko.
Arteta was unwilling to expand on the reasons those deals faile to materialise, or divulge any details on the targets they chased, amid reports they considered a late move for Alvaro Morata.
Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Newcastle, he said: ‘We had a clear intention which is always when a window opens to explore the opportunities to improve our squad.
‘With players with injuries, we’ve impacte and we haven’t achieve it.
‘We are disappointe in that sense but as well we are very aware that we only want to bring certain kinds of players and we have to be very discipline with that as well.
‘When you try your best and do things, you see the people and we share the same intentions, when you don’t achieve it okay, for sure there are things to learn from it.
‘But you have to move on and that is a piece that was important in the moment, but now we’ve move on.’
‘It’s in the profile, a player that can make us better. Financially there is a lot of ways, a lot of things that we must stay in the lane that has taken us this far and from there try to improve.’
Without the additional firepower he openly admitted he craved, Arteta will be force to rely heavily on the much maligne Kai Havertz over the course of the coming months.
The Germany international score his 15th goal of the campaign in last weekend’s emphatic 5-1 win over Manchester City, having earlier adde to his catalogue of scarcely believable misses.
Despite his often erratic finishing, Havertz’s value to the Arsenal cause was never better illustrate than by the selfless display against the champions on Sunday.
The former Chelsea star has a virtual ever-present over the course of a hectic schedule that has seen Arsenal play every three days since the start of December.