With Arsenal having let five first-team players depart in January either on loan or for free, and bringing nobody in to replace them, Mikel Arteta's squad depth for the rest of the season looks a little thin.
The Gunners opted to loan out defenders Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Roma) and Pablo Mari (Udinese), while cancelling the contracts of left-back Sead Kolasinac (Marseille), the versatile Calum Chambers (Aston Villa) and, sensationally, former captain and star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona).
It was a move designed to save the club money ahead of what's expected to be a busy summer transfer window, but it leaves Arsenal with only three senior centre-backs (Ben White, Gabriel, Rob Holding) and two central strikers whose contracts expire in the summer (Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah).