Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insists there's no regrets allowing Folarin Balogun to join Middlesbrough on-loan.

The striker left just days before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was released to Barcelona.

Arteta said, "Well, again and with Flo especially and the amount of minutes that he played here, and the level that he shows when we could only play with the under 23s, it's not fair.

"We want to develop that player, to maximise his potential - which is huge. We have to try to expose the player as quickly as possible to the level that he needs to be exposed. I was really confident that for him it was the right option, and he was convinced.

"So when that happens we have to let the player go, and evolve."