Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta gives striker update as Mathys Tel move collapses

Arsenal were the Premier League's large winners connected Sunday, beating Manchester City 5-1 astatine the Emirates Stadium, and present attraction turns to the impending transportation deadline

Arsenal ended the play connected the highest of highs aft hammering Manchester City, but they whitethorn inactive person a engaged Monday successful store.

Four second-half goals helped Mikel Arteta's squad manus Pep Guardiola his joint-heaviest Premier League defeat. The 5-1 triumph featured 5 antithetic scorers for the Gunners, with the 4 extremity borderline of triumph matching Spurs' 4-0 triumph astatine the Etihad Staidum backmost successful November,

Arsenal's absorption volition rapidly crook elsewhere, though. The transportation model slams unopen astatine 11pm, and Arteta hasn't ruled retired making further additions aft losing Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus to injury.

Arteta's post-match comments are conscionable portion of the story, though, arsenic the model ticks into its last fewer hours. Here are Mirror Football's latest lines from North London.

Arteta responds to transportation question

Mikel Arteta could yet adhd to his Arsenal squad earlier 11pm connected Monday, and attraction volition present crook backmost to the transportation market. Speaking aft Sunday's win, Arteta didn't regularisation retired different caller face, having got the occupation done connected the pitch.

"I don't know. I person been focused successful the past 24 hours connected what we needed to bash to bushed Man City," Arteta told Sky Sports. "Intention, we person been wide from each space of what we privation to do."

Arsenal person already seen a bid knocked backmost for Ollie Watkins, but the Aston Villa antheral isn't the lone antheral to person been linked. By this clip tomorrow, we'll cognize if Arteta has been successful.

Tel's Man Utd determination collapses

Manchester United appeared to beryllium Arsenal's main rivals for Mathys Tel, but aggregate reports assertion United's determination for the guardant has collapsed. According to The Mail, the cardinal sticking constituent acrophobic outgo terms, with United and Tel's existent nine Bayern Munich incapable to scope an agreemnt.

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With Tel besides rejecting Tottenham, his options are somewhat limited. Arsenal and Chelsea aren't retired of the race, though, and helium could yet decorativeness the play astatine Bayern.

Tel sat retired Bayern's play triumph implicit Holstein Kiel, but sporting manager Christoph Freund indicated it is inactive imaginable the 19-year-old stays put. "We decided unneurotic with him yesterday that there's a batch connected his mind, truthful it makes nary consciousness for him to beryllium progressive today," Freund said.

Garcia merchandise clause to increase

Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia has been linked with an Arsenal switch, but says helium is calm implicit speculation. According to Mundo Deportivo (via football.london), the Spaniard's merchandise clause volition soon ascent to £25m, but helium hasn't ruled retired an eventual exit.

"I americium a precise acold idiosyncratic successful each consciousness and I deliberation that this cognition helps me," Garcia told Radio Marca. "I americium precise calm astatine Espanyol, with an accidental that I person been waiting for a agelong time."

Garcia, 23, is nether declaration astatine Espanyol until 2028. He has been an ever-present successful La Liga this season, and kept Real Madrid astatine bay connected Saturday arsenic his squad boosted their endurance hopes with a 1-0 triumph against the league leaders.

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