Arsenal legend David Seaman believes it is time to back manager Mikel Arteta in the transfer window.

The Gunners have endured a miserable start to the Premier League season and find themselves in the bottom half after 13 games.

While Arteta is not in immediate danger of losing his job, there is some concern about him lasting the season if this form continues. And Seaman believes he needs to be backed in the market.

He told talkSPORT: "We all know how good Arsenal can be, especially the way they play with one-touch, two-touch – that is what they are known for, those hidden passes in between defenders.

"At the moment it isn't happening. It's a massive lack of confidence. Hopefully the [Southampton] result is going to push them on a little bit because, if I'm honest, it can't really get any worse.

"The thing is, a lot of the team was under Arsene Wenger and it was under Unai Emery, so he hasn't got his own team yet. But the club need to back him on that because we can all see that we still need players.

"We got Gabriel, okay he was stupid kicking the ball away and he looked uncomfortable all game [against Southampton], but then they have got Partey as well. You need to add to that. We need to get [Nicolas] Pepe back playing with confidence."