Arsenal's lack of activity during transfer period disappointing, but not surprising

Arsene Wenger has given Arsenal an unwanted statistic on transfer deadline day.

The Gunners are the only club in Europe’s top five leagues not to have signed an outfield player for their first team. Deadline day came and went - and they did nothing.

For all the hope and expectation, the only major business was to sign Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech for £10million. A brilliant deal, but surely not enough on its own.

That lack of activity has left their fans outraged, disappointed and - let’s be honest - not particularly surprised.