This promised to be a summer that would bring an injection of attacking flair into the Arsenal squad.
So far, however, it has yielded the arrival of goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, concrete moves for deep-lying midfielders Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard, and talks over signing centre-back Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia.
That's not to say the club's executive team - led by sporting director Andrea Berta - haven't been trying to sign attacking players, and that process is now set to accelerate.
First on the agenda is the centre-forward Arsenal so clearly crave, and the club are also working on the signing of up to two attacking midfielders.