Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has no intention of sending Gabriel Martinelli on loan in the January transfer window, with the Brazilian part of his plans despite a lack of game time this season.
The 20-year-old forward has played just 150 minutes of Premier League football across two games in 2021-22, while making just four appearances in total.
Three of those came in August, with the South American failing to feature at all since being replaced in the second half of the 3-0 Carabao Cup win over AFC Wimbledon on September 22.
Asked to explain why the South American, who scored 10 goals in his debut campaign with the Gunners before suffering injuries last season, is not featuring more prominently, Arteta told reporters: “Because of the amount of players that we have in those positions, first of all.
“He had some games that he played, he started against Brentford and he started against Chelsea as well.
