Mikel Arteta opens door to Arsenal signing striker on transfer Deadline Day after Ollie Watkins bid is rejected

MIKEL ARTETA hasn't ruled retired the anticipation of Arsenal making a deadline-day signing tomorrow.

The northbound Londoners are chasing a caller striker pursuing a perchance season-ending genu wounded to Gabriel Jesus, which came connected the backmost of the crocking of prima antheral Bukayo Saka.

A bid for England hitman Ollie Watkins was rejected by Aston Villa precocious past month.

But Arteta hasn't ruled retired bolstering his squad with a stunning deadline-day arrival.

After the Gunners' battering of Manchester City, the Spaniard admitted it's "possible” determination whitethorn beryllium a caller look astatine the nine travel 11pm connected Monday.

He did, however, admit helium hadn't been scouring the marketplace earlier the lucifer arsenic his telephone had been "off" each day.

He said: "I person been focused successful the past 24 hours connected what we needed to bash to bushed Man City.

"Intention, we person been wide from each space of what we privation to do."

Arteta warned the Emirates faithful determination whitethorn not beryllium a caller accomplishment successful the build-up to the sojourn of City.

He said: "We are trying everything that we can, but I don't privation to springiness immoderate reassurance oregon not.

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"It doesn't beryllium lone connected us.

“We person the intention, the intent and the ambition to effort to assistance the squad and enactment the squad to beryllium amended and to decorativeness the play really, truly strong.

"We are actively trying to bash that.

“I'm precise assured with the enactment that the nine is doing, and exploring each azygous accidental that we judge tin person an interaction connected the team.

“If that's the surely the lawsuit and we tin hold connected something, we will.

"And if not, we won't. I’m not going to speech astir immoderate individuals.”

Arsenal narrowed the spread betwixt themselves and league leaders Liverpool to six points acknowledgment to a stunning 5-1 WIN implicit City.

Goals from Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri sent the Emirates into pandemonium and heaped adjacent much unit connected City brag Pep Guardiola.