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Meanwhile, Arsenal have confirmed the departure of left-back Sead Kolasinac, who has re-joined Schalke on loan for the remainder of the season.

Speaking at his press conference this morning, Arteta insisted he needs to trim his squad and expects a few to leave the club next month.

“Well, we have a large squad, we knew that and a lot of things we wanted to do in the summer, we couldn’t accomplish for different reasons,” the Spaniard said.

“There are some players that are going to go on loan, they are going to leave, and that’s the priority at the moment.