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Arsenal have seemingly surrendered their hopes of a top-four finish this season with back-to-back defeats at Tottenham and Newcastle. The Gunners have been without many first-team players in the run-in, most notably Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey.

Arsenal also had Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Alexandre Lacazette, and Gabriel Magalhaes face fitness issues in the last ten games. However, Arsenal allowed Pablo Mari, Calum Chambers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sead Kolasinac and Ainsley Maitland-Niles all to leave either on loan or permanently.

It became clear that he could have done with the additional depth in the squad. Ahead of the match with Everton, Arteta was asked about the trimming of the squad and the wage bill. Specifically, however the timing of when it happened.

"We've been doing it for two years. We've been doing that for two years," Arteta said.

However, the Arsenal manager was pressed again about the amount done in January. A window that saw no first-team reinforcements made either.

Interrupting the question, Arteta said, "We need a model that is sustainable. There has to be. We are attached to the Premier League rules, UEFA rules, that has to be accomplished, and there are some restrictions that we want this club to be run in a