It's just a complete brain fart by the hierarchy, compounded by the fact Arteta is really specific on players that he wants. I get it's crap market but there were strikers out there available on loan that could've been "break glass in case of emergency". Instead we'll have to just muddle through and watch Liverpool win the league in their manager's first season. Granted Slot literally slotted into the role with a fully made squad, but I think our squad is mostly what Mikel wanted right now.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We were even more limited in the loan situation by the fact that we had already used up our domestic loan slots on Neto and Sterling.

[–] MHPengwingz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like why the fuck did we even get Neto in?

[–] Astrealix 1 points 1 week ago

cuz we couldn't get Garcia and we didn't wanna tie ourselves down, but also wanted Hein to get game time.

[–] Astrealix 2 points 1 week ago

The difference between the title is Salah vs Saka's injury or lack thereof. That's all, tbh. But still, this is negligence beyond measure. I hope we get some rando on a free for the rest of the season — we might need it, and better earlier than later.