Press conference

‘Yes, I will be busy in the transfer window’

Arsene Wenger has long advocated the abolition of the January transfer window but, for now, he has to live with it.

The New Year will herald a new round of bidding and speculation as clubs look to improve their squads for a late-season push - or give fringe players opportunities to get game time elsewhere.

Here’s what the boss said about his expectations for this January and his stance on Alexis:

“I will be busy, yes, because first of all you have clubs that call you to get players on loan or to buy your players, and as well I’m open-minded to any possibility to strengthen our team.

“But honestly we have not been approached by anyone [for Alexis] and I’ll just stick to what I said before [that I want him to stay].”