Mikel Arteta battles injury crisis amid Arsenal’s crammed January schedule

Gunners must negotiate nine matches this month but manager says squad is one of the ‘thinnest’ in the top flightIt was at this stage of last season that Arsenal took the opportunity to decamp to Dubai for a week of warm-weather training and the results were spectacular, even if still not enough to beat Manchester City to the title. After ending 2023 with consecutive defeats against West Ham and Fulham, Mikel Arteta’s side dropped only five points in the last 18 Premier League m