Arsenal have 'made contact' with Atalanta over Mateo Retegui, according to a report. The Gunners' striker situation is looking dire after Kai Havertz suffered a long-term injury during their warm-weather training camp in Dubai.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has suggested the club could look to the free-agent market to address their growing injury crisis in attack. With Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz sidelined by hamstring injuries, and both Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus also out, the Gunners find themselves dangerously short on firepower.

Mikel Arteta has described Kai Havertz's hamstring injury as "an accident waiting to happen" and issued a rallying cry to his players to show "what you're made of" in his absence.