- Arsenal signed six new players in summer.
- The club spent over £130m on them.
- Vinai says Arsenal are likely to be quiet in winter.
- The managing director adds they might sign someone in January to respond to an injury.
“We’ve just been through the transfer period in the summer, that’s what we always call the main transfer window,” Venkatesham told Bloomberg.
“And we were very aggressive in that transfer window, signing a number of new players that we are very excited about – predominately targeting young players that we believe can grow and develop with us over future years.
“When we look forward to January, we’ll see when January comes. I’d say that we always treat the summer window as being the more strategic window.
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“And the January window is the one where you need to be a bit more tactical, maybe responding to an injury or another demand. But really our work is done in the summer – and we’re really pleased with what we did in the summer.
“We’ve been really focused over the summer. We made some defensive reinforcements, signing David Luiz from Chelsea and Kieran Tierney from Celtic. We’re looking forward to seeing how those players progress and how they do over the course of the season.”
Arsenal surprised everyone in summer by lashing out over £130m on new additions including club-record signing Nicolas Pepe (£72m). Previous reports had claimed the board would only give £40-45m to strengthen the squad.
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