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Manager Mikel Arteta says helium is disappointed by Arsenal's nonaccomplishment to marque immoderate signings during the wintertime transportation window, but praised the club's discipline.
Arsenal were expected to bring successful an attacker aft Gabriel Jesus suffered a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament wounded past month, portion Bukayo Saka is yet to instrumentality from a hamstring issue.
"We had a wide volition which is ever erstwhile a model opens to research the opportunities to amended our squad with players that tin marque an impact," Arteta said earlier Arsenal's EFL Cup semi-final 2nd limb against Newcastle connected Wednesday.
"With players injured, we've been impacted and we haven't achieved it. We are disappointed successful that consciousness but arsenic good we are precise alert that we lone privation to bring definite kinds of players and we person to beryllium precise disciplined with that arsenic well. I deliberation that we were.
"It's successful the profile, a subordinate that we judge tin marque america overmuch better. Financially determination is simply a batch of ways, a batch of things that we indispensable enactment successful the lane that has taken america this acold and from determination effort to improve."
Speaking to BBC Sport earlier Arteta's quality conference, shot concern adept Kieran Maguire explained that Arsenal's deficiency of concern was a determination made successful a pugnacious marketplace for buyers.
"As acold arsenic the marketplace they would beryllium looking astatine [is concerned] determination are comparatively fewer players," Maguire said.
"We've got the hold of the Champions League and Europa League [into January] truthful clubs were reluctant to sell.
"So if Arsenal wanted to enlistee they've truly got to spell into a rarefied market. I conjecture they felt determination wasn't idiosyncratic who would amended the starting XI oregon regular 16."
Arteta said the Arsenal beforehand enactment volition person to beryllium "flexible" and that helium mightiness person to "try thing different" due to the fact that of injuries.
Three players near Arsenal during the window, with defenders Ayden Heaven, 17, and Josh Robinson, 20, joining Manchester United and Wigan Athletic respectively.
Brazilian attacker Marquinhos joined Cruzeiro connected indebtedness until the extremity of the season.
Arsenal are 2nd successful the Premier League pursuing Sunday's 5-1 triumph implicit Manchester City, six points down leaders Liverpool having played 1 crippled more.
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