If you can stay top of the Premier League while saving £120million, the team off the field deserve as much credit as the one on it.
Arsenal were quick to revert to Plan B in January when Chelsea beat them to the punch for Mykhailo Mudryk and Brighton refused to sell Moises Caicedo.
Instead they brought in Caicedo's former team-mate Leandro Trossard and moved for Jorginho from Chelsea — even though supporters were unconvinced by the latter deal.
But here we are a month later and despite a wobble, Mikel Arteta's side are still top of the league.