Mikel Arteta has hinted Arsenal will look to make signings when the January transfer window opens.
"Let’s see. We are going to have to adapt," Arteta said.
"We have what we have right now. The January transfer window is coming up and we will have to assess where the squad is and the needs that we have.
"But at the moment it is not something that we can change. We have to play all the games now throughout December in the best possible way and keep winning games."
Mikel Arteta has blamed the windy conditions for Arsenal's defeat to Aston Villa.
"I think it was a bit windy today," he said after the game.
"You see a lot of misplaced balls or not having the right touch or not having the right accuracy in certain passes.
"I don’t know. But for sure I have a responsibility [to improve their finishing], I have to take it, yeah.’
Clinton Morrison has told Sky Sports Productions he believes David Raya is being targeted by opposition teams.
"(Declan) Rice is the key, but I tell you, you need to sort out the goalkeeping situation. You got away with one there in the week with David Raya making those two mistakes. I’m thinking now that when you play against Arsenal, get the ball in the box and get a centre-forward on him and see if he wants to come and collect it."
Ian Wright believes Declan Rice is underrated.
Declan Rice! I just feel that Declan Rice is the driving force of everything that we’re doing. Honestly.
"I mentioned [Moises] Caicedo and Enzo [Fernandez], the amount of (expletive) we were getting [about the Rice fee]. They [Chelsea] spent £100million for Caicedo and £100million for Enzo and that was fine, but the way they came for him [Rice], when you look at that man how he has played.
"Not only just for us, but his time before he left West Ham, the years he played, we’re talking eight or nine out of 10. He has come here to Arsenal, and it’s exactly the same.
"He just drives us forward, he just keeps us going. The way he’s just marshalling everything, there is no way none of our Arsenal fans expected him to be this good.
"He’s just another level, especially when you look at what they’ve paid for those two guys. He’s not getting enough love."
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard believes the Gunners didn't deserve to lose to Aston Villa.
“In front of the goal we had enough chances to win the game. I felt they didn’t create anything apart from the goal. It happens sometimes," he told the BBC.
“I had a few chances myself but the only thing you can do is keep going and bounce back in the next game. That’s what we will do.”
“We gave them an easy goal but after that we controlled it and should have scored. We didn’t deserve to lose, but that’s football.”
Jamie Redknapp believed Arsenal were unlucky to see Kai Havertz have his goal ruled out for handball, pointing the finger at the current rule book.
When asked why it was ruled out, he told Sky Sports: ""You ask why, unfortunately it’s the rule.
"It’s a terrible rule, that if the ball touches the players hand and it results in a goal, it’s disallowed. He sees something but I don't think he thinks it was there. How can that be handball? It’s just rebounding around, it maybe hits Matty Cash.
"Ball to hand. We're getting ourselves in such a mess with all these rules. We are trying to help football, the powers that be have to look at that. It’s a bad rule, it grazed his arm.
"Whoever has decided to come up with that as the law, it's ridiculous. It cost Arsenal a goal."
Crystal Palace are putting Valencia centre-back Cristhian Mosquera on their list to replace Marc Guehi.
Mosquera, 19, is already a regular in LaLiga and catching the eye despite his club’s indifferent season.
The strong defender, who is also good on the ball, was checked out by Palace last week as they prepare for Guehi to move on for a huge fee.
The nine-cap Englishman, 23, is likely to leave the Eagles next summer, with Manchester United and Arsenal keen.
But if a major bid comes in during next month’s transfer window they could have to scramble to find someone new as a replacement.
United are tipped to move for both the centre-back and Brentford striker Ivan Toney in January.
Angry Mikel Arteta was tipped to "rip" his Arsenal players - after he walked off BEFORE the end of Aston Villa's 1-0 win.
John McGinn's early hammer strike stopped the Gunners returning top of the Prem as third-placed Villa went five points above Manchester City.
And Arteta's reaction left Arsenal supporters fearing for their players - although he later revealed it was yet more controversy over refereeing decisions that he had a "big opinion" on.
Mikel Arteta may be unhappy with the referee's decisions today, but he can't show it.
The Gunners were denied a goal by VAR, after a penalty call was also not given.
After the game, Arteta was asked what he felt about both decisions.
Regarding the goal, he said: "I prefer not to comment”.
For the potential penalty on the kick on Jesus, "That's even clearer."
Dennis Bergkamp has revealed his dream is to buy a League One club, after nearly coming close to a takeover at Wycombe.
"Wycombe Wanderers was a nice project - and we were very far along with it. It only fell through at the end,' he said.
"Together with Phillip Cocu, Ronald Koeman, Dirk Kuyt, Henrik Larsson and (agent) Rob Jansen we were going to buy the shares.
"It is still a dream of mine to develop players, run an academy, and use all our knowledge and experience to get promoted.
"Not with a foreign billionaire who puts in a lot of money just to go up quickly. If you have a group of former top footballers together then you just start lower.
"I am convinced that with a club in League One, with real football knowledge, you can get promoted to the Championship within five years, 10 years at most."
Arsenal have been beaten at Villa Park.
They toiled and had chances, but couldn't get the equaliser.
Plenty of reaction to come.
VAR ruled out a late equaliser from Havertz, that was called for handball.
Chelsea look set to beat Arsenal to the signing of teenage wonderkid Estevao Willian.
The Blues are in talks with the Palmeiras for a deal that could be worth £40m.
The 16-year-old is also a target for Barcelona.
It's half-time at Villa Park.
The hosts lead the Gunners 1-0, but the visitors have had their chances.
All to play for in the second half.
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Arsenal target Kenan Yildiz is frustrated with his game time at Juventus, according to reports.
Teamtalk claim the forward could become available in the January transfer window.
He has made just five Serie A appearances for the club.
The Turkish international could cost around £35million.
The action is underway at Villa Park as Arsenal aim to return to the top of the Premier League.
Aston Villa are chasing a 15th consecutive home league victory on Saturday evening.
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Mikel Arteta has made one change to his Arsenal side for their trip to Aston Villa.
Oleksandr Zinchenko has returned to the starting line-up in place of Jakub Kiwior.
Starting XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Rice, Havertz, Odegaard; Saka, Martinelli; Jesus
Subs: Ramsdale, Cedric, Kiwior, Walters, Jorginho, Elneny, Nelson, Trossard, Nketiah
Kenan Yildiz is "frustrated" with his lack of opportunities at Juventus amid interest from Arsenal.
The Gunners have been linked with a January move for the 18-year-old in recent days.
Yildiz, who can play in a range of attacking positions, is considering leaving the Old Lady when the transfer window re-opens, report Sky in Germany.
Despite making his Turkey debut in October, Yildiz has been limited to five substitute appearances for Juventus this season.
Arsenal have been given a boost in their pursuit of Real Sociedad's Martin Zubimendi.
The Gunners had been set to battle Barcelona for the midfielder's signature in January.
However, Mundo Deportivo now report Barca have pulled out of the race to pursue other targets instead.
Zubimendi, who has four caps for Spain, has scored twice from midfield for Sociedad this season.
Arsenal have suffered a blow in their hopes of signing Ruben Neves in January.
Both the Gunners and Newcastle have been linked with a move for the midfielder, who joined Al-Hilal in the summer.
He has now revealed he is happy in Saudi Arabia and admitted he joined the club for "the money".
"Of course, one of the things is the money, of course, you cannot hide that," he told the BBC.
"But when we see the project, and I know that a lot of people think we say this just to say it, but it's not true.
"When they present us the project, it's a very, very big project. I think people have no idea how the country is improving, how the football is improving and how the football can be in a few years."
Mikel Arteta was full of praise for Unai Emery before Arsenal's trip to Aston Villa on Saturday evening.
The Gunners boss succeeded his fellow Spaniard at the Emirates Stadium in 2019.
Discussing Emery's success at Villa, Arteta said: "It's no surprise.
"I have followed him since he was coach of Almeria and what he has done at every team is remarkable."
Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp is hoping to buy a League One club.
The former Dutch international previously tried to buy Wycombe Wanderers and supported Daniel Ek's attempted Arsenal takeover.
Bergkamp told De Telegraaf: "If you have a group of former top footballers together then you just start lower.
"I am convinced that with a club in League One, with real football knowledge, you can get promoted to the Championship within five years, 10 years at most."
Mikel Arteta will not be on the touchline for Arsenal's huge Premier League clash at Villa Park after accumulating three yellow cards, which results in an automatic one-match ban.
The Spaniard received his third yellow of the campaign after charging down the touchline to celebrate Declan Rice's 97th-minute winner away at Luton in midweek.
In an interview post-match, Arteta was asked if the booking was worth it, he said: "Yeah, I could not be sitting on my seat, unfortunately.
“So I left there, I had no spatial awareness at all. It was just pure emotion. So if that’s a yellow. Okay, it’s a yellow.”
Arteta's assistant Albert Stuivenberg will be on touchline duties at Villa Park in place of the suspended Arsenal gaffer.
At the heart of Arsenal’s 2004 Invincibles side was a centre-back partnership the club have attempted to replace and replicate many times since.
Sol Campbell and Kolo Toure started alongside each other in 25 of the Gunners’ incredible 38-game unbeaten Prem title-winning sequence that continues to stand the test of time.
Those that followed under Invincibles orchestrator Arsene Wenger failed to live up to that pair’s North London icon status in stature and ability.
New double acts could not produce the same results.
William Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen. Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker.
The less said about Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos — with a sprinkling of David Luiz — under ex-boss Unai Emery the better.
But maybe, just maybe, almost 20 years on since Campbell and Toure led them to their last league title, Arsenal have finally formed a duo capable of emulating the greats of the past.
Campbell — a two-time Prem champ with 211 Arsenal appearances across two spells — believes current boss Mikel Arteta has a hold of the real deal in William Saliba and Gabriel.
Asked if Saliba and Gabriel are Arsenal’s best pairing since his Invincibles days, Campbell, 49, told SunSport: “You’d have to say ‘yes’.
“You don’t want to disrespect the others that have come after me and before this current partnership but Gabriel and Saliba have come just at the right time for Arsenal.
“Right now, it is beautiful. They have been given time to build a relationship. They’re playing incredible football and they’re not mucking about.
“You can see the will in their eyes, the fire in their bellies.
“It is not perfect, yet it is so strong. They have real confidence. Once you get it, never disrespect it.
“That old Roman saying of never resting on your laurels, that’s when big mistakes can happen.
“You win titles and cups by having a strong backline pair, and Arsenal have that to look forward to over the next few years. Long may it last.”
Arsenal will battle Bayern Munich for the signing of Fulham’s Joao Palhinha.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano believes the Portugal midfielder could leave the Cottagers as soon as January.
However, Bayern are against paying "crazy money" for the player.
That could leave the door open for Arsenal, says Romano, although Douglas Luiz is their first choice.