Arsenal are ready to battle Liverpool to sign Hugo Larsson from Eintracht Frankfurt during the January transfer window, with Mikel Arteta seemingly of the belief that the young Swede will be a star of the future.

Declan Rice will miss Arsenal ’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan through injury with the midfielder also a doubt for Sunday’s Premier League meeting with Chelsea. Rice, 25, played the full 90 minutes of Arsenal’s disappointing 1-0 defeat at Newcastle at the weekend, the midfielder’s ninth appearance in the Premier League this season.

Mikel Arteta discusses Declan Rice's absence and shares what the Arsenal midfielder has been struggling to do since the Newcastle game.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta addressed Declan Rice's absence ahead of their Champions League clash against Inter Milan on Wednesday.

What we have found is that every day we have had to change something big,” said Arteta after Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Chelsea. “The engine, the wheels, steering wheel - because we’ve had problem after problem.

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