If the summer of 2013 was notable for the fact that Arsenal smashed their transfer record with a £42.5m deal for Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil, the weeks leading up to that event saw huge pressure put on the club and Arsene Wenger to improve the squad.
However, it didn't just come from fans who desperately wanted arrivals to make the team more competitive, it also came from inside the squad. Then captain Mikel Arteta responded to claims by chief executive Ivan Gazidis that Arsenal could "... do some things which would excite you," by saying it was "about time.