MIKEL ARTETA hasn’t ruled out the possibility of Arsenal making a deadline-day signing tomorrow.
The north Londoners are chasing a new striker following a potentially season-ending knee injury to Gabriel Jesus, which came on the back of the crocking of star man Bukayo Saka.
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A bid for England hitman Ollie Watkins was rejected by Aston Villa late last month.
But Arteta hasn’t ruled out bolstering his squad with a stunning deadline-day arrival.
After the Gunners’ battering of Manchester City, the Spaniard admitted it’s “possible” there may be a new face at the club come 11pm on Monday.
He did, however, admit he hadn’t been scouring the market before the match as his phone had been “off” all day.
He said: “I have been focused in the last 24 hours on what we needed to do to beat Man City.
“Intention, we have been clear from every angle of what we want to do.”
Arteta warned the Emirates faithful there may not be a new arrival in the build-up to the visit of City.
He said: “We are trying everything that we can, but I don’t want to give any reassurance or not.
“It doesn’t depend only on us.
“We have the intention, the purpose and the ambition to try to help the team and support the squad to be better and to finish the season really, really strong.
“We are actively trying to do that.
“I’m very confident with the work that the club is doing, and exploring every single opportunity that we believe can have an impact on the team.
“If that’s the certainly the case and we can agree on something, we will.
“And if not, we won’t. I’m not going to talk about any individuals.”
Arsenal narrowed the gap between themselves and league leaders Liverpool to six points thanks to a stunning 5-1 WIN over City.
Goals from Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri sent the Emirates into pandemonium and heaped even more pressure on City boss Pep Guardiola.
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