By Daily Sports on February 1, 2020
Mikael Arteta believes Arsenal have emerged stronger from the January transfer window after landing two new signings and keeping Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Arteta has bolstered his creaky defence by adding Flamengo's Pablo Mari and Southampton's Cedric Soares this week.
Just as significantly, the Arsenal manager held on to Gabon forward Aubameyang despite reported interest from Barcelona, while Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka decided to stay after initially looking set to leave following his clash with fans.
“I am happy for two reasons,” Arteta told reporters on Friday. “We believed we could strengthen the team a little bit in some areas with the financial situation we have, but as well four weeks ago I was very concerned with some of the departures and we have been able to manage that so far.
“We have been trying to be active in the market to resolve some of the issues we have been going through in the last few weeks.
“We found two players that we believe can be very useful and could improve our squad, obviously with the resources we have as a club, and we are happy with what we’ve done.”
Aubameyang and David Luiz are available for Sunday’s trip to Burnley after serving suspensions, but Portugal defender Soares will not be fit to make his debut until after the upcoming winter break. (Marca)
•PHOTO: Mikael Arteta
Source Daily Sports
Posted February 1, 2020
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