EIGHTEEN days and countless jittery hours, minutes, seconds. It doesn’t really matter what happens tomorrow when Arsenal play Liverpool because again, Aug 31 - the transfer deadline day - is when the fate of Arsenal’s season will be sealed.
Most Gooners have learnt not to pin any hope on the transfer window - come on, Man United got Paul Pogba, and we got Bolton Wanderer’s young defender Rob Holding? - and this year, the North London side’s player crisis seems more catastrophic than ever.
