Lucas Perez

Chuba Akpom scored the winner against Anderlecht and Lucas Perez’s goal drought grew longer as Arsenal’s loanees endured a mixed weekend.

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Kelechi Nwakali got an assist as MVV Maastricht won their first game since his return to the club while Jeff Reine-Adelaide made his Angers debut after his own January loan move.

Alexandre Lacazette is having a rough time at the moment with Arsenal, particularly after his wasted chances in the North London derby. Is it poor form or the curse of the number nine shirt?

Vandals wrote a message in graffiti on Lucas Perez’s wall, except, it turns out the player doesn’t even live there anymore, according to his old neighbour’s amusing response.

Julio Pleguezuelo and Chuba Akpom made debuts for their new loan clubs over the weekend, as only two loanees played from start to finish.

Lucas Perez provided an assist in Deportivo’s stalemate, while Jenkinson and Bramall finally played together for Birmingham. Bola’s Bristol Rovers beat Doncaster, as Nwakali made his second-stint debut.

Stephy Mavididi scored again while Lucas Perez and Marc Bola both provided assists in an encouraging weekend for Arsenal’s loanees.

With three of Arsenal’s attacking options potentially heading for the exit this month, will the Gunners consider bringing Lucas Perez back from his loan spell at Deportivo?

Emi Martinez started consecutive games for the first time this season, and Tafari Moore featured for his new loan club.

Stephy Mavididi scored his first goal in senior football, while Emi Martinez made his first league start of the season – an encouraging weekend for Arsenal’s loanees.

Arsene Wenger hasn’t given up on Lucas Perez, and could recall the Spaniard from his loan at Deportivo should he lose Theo Walcott and Alexis Sanchez this month.

Arsène Wenger is as non-committal as usual on the prospect of Arsenal making a signing in January, but if they do, what shirt numbers could the new player take?

Now we’ve reached the end of 2017, let’s look back at Arsenal’s transfer business, rating all the ins and outs over the last 12 months.

Lucas Perez has been starting beef with Deportivo La Coruna’s rival club Celta Vigo ahead of the Galician derby.

Lucas Perez and Takuma Asano were the only Arsenal loanees to feature over the weekend, and both were involved in games they’d prefer to forget.

Takuma Asano largely endured an afternoon to forget, while Lucas Perez became the second Arsenal loanee to reach 1,000 minutes of playing time this season.

Deportivo la Coruna are looking to buy both David Ospina and Lucas Perez permanently next summer, according to reports in Spain.

Stephy Mavididi missed out on Preston North End’s match through injury, but Takuma Asano and Lucas Perez both featured at the weekend.

Lucas Perez was in action for Deportivo and got on the scoresheet. Stephy Mavididi was given a rare start and Takuma Asano also featured. The rest were on the bench or left out entirely.