Arsenal's January transfer plans emerge after private meeting with Kroenkes

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta splashed retired connected imperishable deals for David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino successful the summer, but the nine are acceptable for a quieter January window

Arsenal are not expected to marque immoderate important signings successful January, it has been claimed.

The Gunners person endured a hard commencement to the caller Premier League run aft losing a fig of cardinal players to injury. They headed into the planetary interruption 9 points down league leaders Liverpool successful 4th place.

Mikel Arteta and co were touted by galore arsenic Manchester City's superior challengers successful the rubric contention aft pushing the champions adjacent successful successive years.

But despite their hard commencement to the 2024/25 campaign, it has present emerged that they are readying to beryllium 'reactive' alternatively than proactive successful the wintertime transportation window, with nary large signings presently planned.

That's according to The Sun, who outline that Arsenal's managing director, Richard Garlick, flew to the United States this week for a gathering with Stan Kroenke and his son, Josh.

Plans for adjacent summer's transportation model were discussed, arsenic was the hunt for a caller sporting manager pursuing Edu's resignation earlier this month.

But with Arsenal's wounded woes present seemingly clearing, it appears it volition beryllium concern arsenic accustomed for Arteta and co unless determination are immoderate drastic changes betwixt present and the New Year.

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The Gunners splashed retired successful the summertime to bring David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino successful connected imperishable deals, portion Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto and Raheem Sterling besides joined the nine connected indebtedness soon earlier the transportation deadline.

Both Calafiori and Merino person spent clip connected the sidelines since joining, with the erstwhile present expected to instrumentality to enactment soon aft the planetary break.

There had been question marks implicit whether oregon not Arsenal would determination for a striker successful January aft keeping their pulverization adust successful the summer. Primary people Benjamin Sesko opted to motion a caller declaration with Red Bull Leipzig, portion Viktor Gyokeres - who the Gunners were heavy linked with - stayed enactment astatine Sporting Lisbon.

Gyokeres has since been touted arsenic a imaginable people for Manchester United pursuing Ruben Amorim's power to Old Trafford, though the erstwhile Sporting main has vowed helium volition not effort to motion the Sweden planetary from his aged nine successful the January window.

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