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Former Arsenal striker Alan Smith backs the Gunners to improve under Mikel Arteta despite the club failing to make any signings in the January transfer window... but insists that top four is still a tough challenge Arsenal saw six senior players leave the club in the January transfer window But the Gunners failed to bring in any reinforcements to the Emirates this month However, former striker Alan Smith still backs Mikel Arteta to improve the club Smith believes the north London side have learned from their past mistakes

By Isabel Baldwin For Mailonline

Published: 17:42 GMT, 1 February 2022 | Updated: 17:42 GMT, 1 February 2022

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Former Arsenal striker Alan Smith insisted that the Gunners remain on track under Mikel Arteta despite making no new signings in the January transfer window.

The transfer window saw Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Folarin Balogun, Sead Kolasinac, Pablo Mari and Calum Chambers all head through the exit door at the Emirates.

But the club failed to bring in any reinforcements, leaving Arteta with just 18 senior players as they prepare to battle it out for a top four spot in the second half of the season.

Ex-Arsenal striker Alan Smith (left) insisted that they remain on track under Mikel Arteta (right)

However, Smith believes that the Gunners have learnt from their past transfer mistakes as they look to improve under the Spaniard.

'In an ideal world, I'm sure Arsenal would have preferred to have brought someone in,' Smith said in