Mikel Arteta will not be able to operate with total freedom in the January transfer market thanks to Raheem Sterling and fellow Arsenal struggler Neto.

Raheem Sterling has reportedly made a decision over his future ahead of the January transfer window amid his dismal spell on loan at Arsenal. Sterling has failed to make much of an impact on the pitch since joining the Gunners in a temporary switch from Chelsea in August.

Mikel Arteta is not quite sure how his Arsenal team will look without Bukayo Saka in it, but one thing he does know is that they will be “different”. Arsenal are set to be without Saka for “many weeks” after he tore his hamstring during the Gunners’ victory at Crystal Palace last Saturday and it will force Arteta into a major rethink.