It’s hard to say who’s the biggest winner of the recently finished January Transfer Window. Man City spent the most, AC Milan and Aston Villa brought some pretty intriguing reinforcements, while Tottenham used the deadline day to add several players, which are supposed to help them escape from the bottom half of the Premier League table.With or without you – it’s incomparableHowever, speaking of losers, one club immediately comes to mind – Arsenal. The Gunners’ first half of the season was intertwined with injuries, which undoubtedly cost Mikel Arteta’s crew at least a few points. Captain Martin Odegaard and Riccardo Calafiori missed 12 games each, Mikel Merino eight, while Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus are still sidelined. The club’s “Starboy” returns in April, while the season is finished for the Brazilian.🚨 Arsenal fans – rate your January transfer window out of 10? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/L99S9su1NN— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) February 2, 2025 Injuries are a normal thing in sports, some would say, and that’s true, but you can’t run the title race if you don’t have enough replacements and Arsenal don’t have them. Hence, Arteta often had to rely on players with significantly less playing time, like Jorginho, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Jakub Kiwior, or on youngsters like Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly. Yes, those boys are the future, but in the present, they cannot cope with Liverpool’s “understudies” such as Joe Gomez, Wataru Endo, Diogo Jota, or Harvey Elliott. Let alone with their regular starters.🚨 The winter transfer window has officially SHUT! 🚪Arsenal were joined by Liverpool and Newcastle, as the only clubs to not make a signing. ❌😬 pic.twitter.com/fDQJSTt026— DailyAFC (@DailyAFC) February 3, 2025 Therefore, Arsenal craved reinforcements and got nothing. While the positions in defence and midfield are somewhat filled, the Gunners’ attack is probably weaker than some mid-table team’s at the moment. Jesus, as mentioned earlier, suffered a season-ending injury just when he got back on track and started scoring goals, Saka’s nine goals and 13 assists in all competitions can hardly be replaced, while the healthy offensive players, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli, and Kai Havertz, are too inconsistent. Raheem Sterling’s poor displays do not deserve any comment.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Numerous names were linked with the arrival to Emirates Stadium – Dusan Vlahovic, Benjamin Sesko, Victor Osimhen, Mathys Tel, Yoane Wissa, and Alexander Isak, while the London side’s cheap bid for Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins worth £60 million was quickly rejected.Luckily for them, Arsenal are still title contenders (even though Liverpool seem unstoppable), and their squad’s energy on the pitch is outstanding, but when the decisive battles come, who’ll emerge victorious – the one with the bigger willpower or the one with a better roster? You already know the answer.##NAJAVA_MECA_8683990##
