Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has responded to transfer rumours linking the Gunners with a new signing at left-back during the recent January window.
The Spanish tactician admits his club couldn’t get everything done that they wanted to when he was asked about a new left-back in his press conference today…
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More specifically, Arsenal had been linked with Crystal Palace’s Patrick van Aanholt in that position in a report from The Athletic, but a deal never materialised.
Arsenal could do with more cover for Kieran Tierney after Sead Kolasinac’s departure, but it remains to be seen who they might target in the summer.