How I feel about Arsenal: This transfer window is MAKE OR BREAK for Arsenal!

Happy new year folks as we know we entered into 2025 the transfer market slash transfer window is open for business now granted at the time of making this video It is only the 6th of January nonetheless Arsenal Football Club. Where are the signings now? Maybe I'm exaggerating and I could be wrong Let me know am I wrong for asking Arsenal to sign new players in January? Am I wrong for asking for new signings? Am I wrong for believing Arsenal need to act in the window? Leave a comment and let me know. Like all Arsenal fans during the transfer window I spend a great amount of time scrolling over the internet looking at various transfer rumors and becoming enticed by these potential rumors coming true while Simultaneously hoping that Fabrizio Romano or David Ornstein drop their bombshells and provide some creditable links Now we all know how tough the January market is, but is that an excuse especially with Bakayo Saka's injury? Can we afford to not make a move? Can we afford to not sign anyone? Sadly for Arsenal We drew 1-1 with Brighton in our recent Premier League game. We can debate the penalty We could have some kind words about VAR and the inconsistent refereeing We could talk about if it's a penalty or not. Fundamentally we dropped points. On the pitch It is bleak at this moment in time We have drawn for the seventh time in the league this season. Five of those draws have been from winning positions people That would mean that we have now dropped points in nine of our opening 20 Premier League matches this season. At the time of making this video two losses seven draws and 11 victories. Arsenal have also failed to win four of their past nine Premier League games when leading at halftime Before that run we had rattled off 22 victories in a row when in front at the interval So something has stopped at Arsenal. There's been a bit of a blip Potentially there could be some regression. It's all fun and games You know laughing at Liverpool potentially dropping points against Manchester United Doing the mathematics about when and if Arsenal could catch up to Liverpool in the Premier League race But the reality is injuries are mounting and we have a depleted squad Arteta even sounded quite coy on young Ethan who as you know came off at halftime against Brighton Previously Mikel Arteta has spoken about the need to maximise every transfer market And he's also spoken about the size of our squad at two different points last year at the start and the end He did also mention in his press conference We're playing every three days Illness on top of injuries has now halted our side and put a bit of a buffer Can we really afford not to sign anybody in the January transfer window? Regardless of how easy or difficult it might be to pry targets away from what is clear We don't have enough difference makers. You look at Trossart, Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus They're all struggling at the moment or having various different sort of inconsistencies As young 17 year old Ethan was our brightest player against Brighton and let's have it right We didn't create enough against Brighton and that has been a theme Of course, there's a deeper debate regarding Mikel Arteta's spending when it comes to attacking options Could these comments come back to bite Arsenal and Mikel Arteta? By no means am I trying to catch the manager or the players or the recruitment staff out I'm just an Arsenal fan and I have to take your word for gospel When your managers previously come out here and mentioned in several occasions We've got to maximize the windows and and been quite bullish in that regards when at the start and end of 2024 He said we have one of the smallest squads What has changed if we keep doing the same things again and again? What is going to change and I know it's easier said than done, but it does always feel like there's always excuses It always feels like there's this mythical player that nobody knows You know who it really is and if we don't sign him there's no one else on the market and I don't want players signed for no reason or for The sake of it with the greatest of respect to Neto and Sterling Is there really that few players to pick from that can improve that squad that leaves us rambling on the dot the deadline day? Or players of that ilk then I think that's excuses. I must admit people I have to admit now We did hear there was a bit of austerity measures during the recent summer window We heard a lot about PSR and FFP and the need to balance books in which from a business point of view You need to do that when you look at this article from the finance expert Steph Barson Forgive me if I'm for mispronunciation on football insider and I'll read it out for you lot And I would love to hear your thoughts It makes you look at what we're doing a bit differently bearing in mind Reports came out that were quite bullish that the only restrictions Arsenal have in the market are those that they'll place on themselves But he said Arsenal have plenty of profit and sustainability capacity to agree new signings in the January transfer window That is the view of finance expert Stephane Balson who exclusively told football insider The North London Club could agree a 50 million Transaction over the next five years without their owners needing to put any money in as you know Arsenal were dealt a crushing blow when it was revealed Football insider revealed on the 30th of December Emirates chiefs have decided to explore a move for another forward player after the winger underwent surgery Mikel Arteta spent more than 90 million in the summer window on permanent additions of Califuri Romano David Ryan while Neto and Raheem Sterling joined on loan. They have got a lot of capacity on PSR they are now starting to admit that apparently I think they used it tactically that they had the PSR issue when negotiating with other teams. It's never really been true when you look at their numbers They've always had loads of capacity on PSR and continue to do so. So it's not a PSR issue They would need money to be put in if they did a very substantial deal But something that was relatively small over the next five years something that was a 50 million Transaction over five years would probably only need 10 to 20 million of cash put in the early stages of that transaction That's something they could handle without the owners put in their hands in their pocket They're in a very good financial position. If they need to buy a player they can buy a player now What does where do you make of that people again? I'm not saying buy players for no reason of course that means you know, the exacts and those big money additions ain't gonna happen, but Simply put scouts do your job half these players that we waffle about have to start somewhere if you've got that wiggle room Can you really not find a profile that can uplift us? I would love a striker. I would love a Midfielder that's very different a left a a Santi Cazorla region I believe the priority owing to Bukayo Saka's injury and I simply put carrying a lot of our attackers Has to be an inside forward once again Mikel Arteta spoke about maximizing every window and having the smallest squad that has to change people in my Humble opinion at the end of the day who knows Arsenal fans. I still maintain. There's a bunch of reasons to be positive There's a bunch of reasons to be negative Which for me means it's a mixed bag of items really as I said, who knows man, but one thing's for certain It's one thing talking about transfers. It's another dealing with the football that we have to play We've got a difficult run of fixtures. The games are coming really thick and fast We're gonna need everybody across this football club to stand up to be counted. So let's try to be positive Let's consider the negatives and try to move forward from them and see where it takes us