Arsenal will be forced to spend before the transfer deadline passes, says Martin Keown, with a mounting injury list requiring them to shelve plans to only seek out loan deals.
Unai Emery has previously revealed that he will be given no funds in the January window.
With that in mind, the Gunners have been linked with moves to bring in the likes of Denis Suarez and James Rodriguez on short-term deals.
They did, however, see Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Laurent Koscielny join a mounting injury list during a 3-1 FA Cup fourth-round defeat to Manchester United and now find themselves down to the bare bones at the back.