‘Not again’ – Arteta reveals Havertz tore hamstring during set-piece routine and admits Arsenal could sign free agent

MIKEL ARTETA admits helium could motion a escaped cause to alleviate Arsenal’s attacking woes.

The Spaniard failed to bring successful a caller frontman successful the January transportation window, contempt injuries to Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka.

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Mikel Arteta didn’t bring successful a caller striker successful the January transportation window[/caption]

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The wounded to Kai Havertz has near Arteta with conscionable 3 acceptable attackers astatine his disposal[/caption]

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The Spaniard has refused to regularisation retired the anticipation of signing a escaped agent[/caption]

Arteta has conscionable THREE acceptable forwards astatine his disposal aft Kai Havertz tore his hamstring during the Gunners’ lukewarm winter grooming campy successful Dubai.

And he’s not ruled retired the anticipation of bringing successful a escaped cause to bolster his attacking options.

The 42-year-old said: “I’ll research each imaginable concern and marque a determination from there.”

Germany planetary Havertz volition miss the remainder of the play and acquisition country connected his torn hamstring, which helium suffered successful “unexpected circumstances”.

Arteta revealed: “He was going to halt a changeable aft a acceptable portion and agelong the limb and helium felt his hamstring.”

When asked what his contiguous absorption to the wounded was, Arteta said: “Big symptom successful the tummy, that’s the archetypal feeling.

“First of each erstwhile you spot a subordinate successful pain, evidently it’s a truly atrocious feeling.

“Then you consciousness like, ‘Not again.’ And past you realise you person nary clip to bash that.”

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Despite his side’s existent woes, Arteta is relishing the seemingly intolerable situation of overturning Liverpool‘s seven-point pb astatine the apical of the table.

He said: “Fortunately, we person been done a batch this season.

“We person played without Gabriel Magalhaes, Saliba, [Ben] White each season, [Takehiro] Tomiyasu each season.

“[Riccardo] Calafiori missed 2 months, [MIkel] Merino 2 months, Saka 3 months, Gabriel Jesus.

“All of them! That’s the challenge I have. I emotion it and I’m looking forward. Let’s spot what the squad is made of.”

The Gunners instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday afternoon, travelling to the King Power Stadium to instrumentality connected Leicester City.