Arsenal hero Nigel Winterburn says they mustn't buy for the short-term this month.

David Luiz was signed from Chelsea on deadline day last summer as a last-minute addition, and former Arsenal defender Winterburn believes that manager Mikel Arteta and the club's hierarchy should avoid a similar sort of deal if their No.1 choices are out of reach this winter.

"We've been talking about Arsenal addressing a problem position at centre-half for three or four seasons now, but I guess it's down to the manager to decide where he thinks it's most vital to improve the squad," Winterburn told Gambling.com.

"What money has he got to spend? Can he get the right players in January? It can be very, very difficult in such a short window. If I'm honest, I don't see Arsenal doing a lot of business this month, but it'll be interesting to see what Arteta does. They've been linked with a lot of players over the course of the last year and centre-half is still a priority.

"My feeling is that Arsenal shouldn't bother with another short-term fix, they've got to use their money more wisely.

"I think it was obvious that David Luiz was never Arsenal's first-choice transfer target last summer. The amount of money they were reportedly ready to spend on a new defender, only to settle for Luiz at the last minute, suggests he was a Plan B or C."