Arsenal bank on continuity after big names elude them late in transfer window
When Mikel Arteta revealed before Arsenal’s win at Aston Villa that he had pleaded with the Premier League to introduce bigger matchday squads, the final 24 hours of the transfer window was not quite what he would have had in mind. A deadline day on which Manchester City matched the British record to sign Enzo Fernández from Chelsea for £125 million (€145 million) came and went as Arsenal allowed Gabriel Jesus and Ethan Nwaneri to leave without bringing in replacements.
