Advertisement At a time when manager Mikel Arteta and his coaching staff are searching for new solutions to find goals, could a counter-attacking identity help navigate these final three striker-less months?

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are open to bringing in a free agent to solve their injury crisis in attack. The Gunners are desperately short on attacking options after Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz suffered hamstring injuries. Martinelli is due to be out of action for at least a month, while Havertz will miss the rest of the season.

Mikel Merino scored twice for Arsenal against Leicester on the weekend and got the Gunners out of a hole in their pursuit of the Premier League title