While many Premier League managers keep their transfer cards close to their chest at the start of windows, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta laid out his plans for all to see. "Well, we have a large squad.
We knew that," he said, at the start of the month. "A lot of things that should have happened in the summer we could not accomplish them for different reasons. "There are a lot of players that are going to go on loan.
They are going to leave. "And that’s the priority at the moment because we cannot sustain the numbers that we have in certain positions We are looking to do that." And 20 days into the window, Arteta is well on the way to trimming that bloated squad that has hamstrung attempts to bring in new recruits.
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