Mikel Arteta remained tight-lipped on Arsenal’s possible transfer business with just a week to go before the January window closes.
Arsenal are yet to bring any new recruits to the Emirates this month, but it’s been well reported head coach Arteta wants to sign a defender before the end of the month.
The Gunners are said to have submitted a loan bid for the Shakhtar Donetsk and Ukraine centre-back Mykola Matviyenko, and Arteta was quizzed on these rumours during his press conference on Friday.
“I’m not going to be discussing any transfer links publicly,” said the Spaniard. “It’s something we are trying to do internally and when we have news we will communicate with you guys.
“We are looking at different positions, obviously since I joined we lost Calum [Chambers] and we had other circumstances and injuries in that position so it’s true that at the back we have been short.
“There are other positions as well, depending on what happens in the market that we might need to assess.
“At the moment I am 50/50 [on signings] because this transfer [window] is very complicated and I only want to bring somebody in if I’m convinced he can really improve the level that
