Following Arsenal's 2-1 defeat at Fulham on New Year's Eve, manager Mikel Arteta bullishly claimed they would not need new signings in January.
"We have to do what we did in the previous 19 games," he told Sky Sports after the loss in their 20th Premier League game of the season. "With the same players."
But as the transfer window opens, the pressure on Arteta to bolster Arsenal's faltering Premier League title challenge with new signings will only grow.
Even more so after such a poor performance at Fulham and second loss in four days following Thursday's 2-0 home defeat to West Ham.