Despite an extravagant outlay over the summer and amid claims of having the deepest squad in the Premier League, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta insisted that the Gunners “need to be open” to further additions in January amid the current injury crisis.
The defining narrative around the current Premier League leaders has relentlessly pivoted around the masses of options available to Arteta. Arsenal racked up a net spend of almost £250 million ($333.6 million), the most of any club on the planet, even outstripping the famously lavish summer undergone by Liverpool—who balanced their £420 million expenditure with £230 million in sales.
