Arsenal “working hard behind the scenes” on key signing to help them rival Manchester City

That’s according to former Manchester United chief scout Mick Brown, who spoke to Football Insider about how Arsenal will probably be putting the work in ahead of January to ensure they have better depth out wide so they can rest Saka from time to time.

Saka has been a key player for Arsenal in recent years, but there isn’t really much in the way of cover or competition for the England international, with loan signing Raheem Sterling yet to make much of an impact since his arrival at the Emirates Stadium.

This has been an issue for some time at Arsenal, with Saka playing a lot of football for one so young, and it would surely be good for Mikel Arteta to be able to give the 23-year-old some time off every now and then without hurting the quality of his line up too much in the process