Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was keen to sign Ollie Watkins during the January transfer window but was ultimately denied by the financial decision-makers above him. New reports have cast light on Arteta's influence on transfers at the Emirates after the Gunners failed to recruit any new players in the winter window.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta his too scared of signing a genuine No.9 and his bid for Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins was nothing more than a PR stunt to appease supporters, so claims Troy Deeney.

Alan Shearer claims Arsenal were destined to fall short in the Premier League title race due to their failure to sign a striker. The Gunners’ title challenge has fallen flat with 11 games still left in the season,