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Arsenal boss Wenger: Scrap the winter market

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is no fan of the January market.

Wenger as been active this winter, signing Brazilian centre back Gabriel and Polish teenager Krystian Bielik.

But he says: "It was never such a low activity level across Europe - basically nothing happened. It shows still that financial fair play had an impact, for sure, because we have the experience of seasons before.

"It pushes even more an idea forward - let's completely get rid of [the transfer window], and go from season to season with the same players.

"Yes [I would scrap January transfers] because it can disturb the cohesion of a group within the season.

"When the players don't play in October or the end of September, they already think that they may move in January. You lose them and in our job it's important that everybody is on board. I find the transfer window [a disturbance]."

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