Mikel Arteta refused to touch upon Arsenal’s bid for Mykhailo Mudryk – however admitted Arsenal had been within the technique of making an attempt to strengthen their squad.
- Mudryk is Arsenal’s precedence January goal
- Winger confirmed on social media he was watching Arsenal beat West Ham
- Arsenal need a deal achieved early in January
WHAT HAPPENED? The Gunners made their first transfer for the Shakhtar Donetsk winger on Monday, tabling a bid of round £55 million together with add-ons. Shakhtar are anticipated to reject the opening provide, however the Gunners are eager to wrap up a deal for the 21-year-old early within the January switch window.
WHAT THEY SAID: Requested in regards to the bid following the Gunners’ 3-1 win towards West Ham on Boxing Day, Arteta mentioned: “You recognize that I by no means talk about gamers who will not be with us, however I perceive that you need to ask me the query. We mentioned that we are going to try to discover methods to strengthen the crew [if] we discover the fitting gamers and that’s what I can say.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Mudryk posted a video on his social media channels displaying that he was watching Arsenal’s win towards the Hammers.
When requested if he was comfortable that the winger was taking an curiosity within the sport, Arteta mentioned: “The great factor with England is that you simply don’t have many different matches in different nations at Christmas so hopefully lots of people watched our sport and we gave them a superb present.”
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WHAT NEXT FOR ARSENAL? The Gunners journey to Brighton on New 12 months’s Eve to play their ultimate Premier League sport of 2022.
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