Arsenal will once again be focusing on the January loan market as they look to strengthen their squad over the coming weeks.
With finances tight this time last year, former boss Unai Emery revealed that the club would be unable to make any permanent signings during the winter transfer window.
As a result only Denis Suarez arrived, with the attacking midfielder brought in for the second half of the 2018-19 campaign from Barcelona.
And it looks like new head coach Mikel Arteta will also be unable to splash the cash this month if he wants to add to his squad ahead of the second half of the campaign.
Having committed to transfers in excess of £130 million ($171m) last summer, Arsenal stretched themselves financially even though the club were once again facing up to another season without Champions League football.
And Goal has been told that last summer's costly outlay means it is unlikely Arsenal will make any permanent signings during the January window, unless an opportunity presents itself that is too good to turn down.
They will instead focus on trying to bring in one or two loan additions to boost Arteta’s squad before loosening the purse strings again in the summer ahead of the 2020-21 season.
Arsenal are in the market for a centre-back following the season-ending knee injury suffered by Calum Chambers during the defeat against Chelsea in December.
Chambers, who has filled in at both right-back and centre-half this season, ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will be out of action for up to nine months.
The injury leaves Arsenal short defensively, with Hector Bellerin also struggling with a persistent hamstring problem and Kieran Tierney ruled out for another two months as he recovers from a dislocated shoulder.
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