Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been told that he had a striker capable of scoring “at any level” but allowed him to leave the club for just €9 million.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was keen to sign Ollie Watkins during the January transfer window but was ultimately denied by the financial decision-makers above him. New reports have cast light on Arteta's influence on transfers at the Emirates after the Gunners failed to recruit any new players in the winter window.

Mikel Arteta has had to endure a major attacking injury crisis this season after failing to sign a striker, a predicament the Arsenal boss was given fair warning about by a club icon

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has a long transfer shortlist ahead of the summer, topped by Benjamin Sesko. But the Gunners boss has just added another name to his shopping list.