Arsenal transfer news: Unai Emery says club may sign two players before deadline day amid Ivan Perisic and Denis Suarez speculation

Arsenal may bring in two players before deadline day, according to Unai Emery.

Inter Milan’s Ivan Perisic and Denis Suarez of Barcelona have been heavily linked with moves to the Emirates.

Any players who join the club will be on loan as Emery has previously stated funds are not available for permanent transfers.

Perisic has handed in a transfer request at Inter while Suarez was recently left out of Barcelona’s squad following the speculation over his future.

Speaking ahead of the Gunners’ match at home to Cardiff on Tuesday, Emery said: “This transfer (window) is not easy and the message is the club is working on different players and the possibility if it can be is good for us.

“We are looking at two different players and the possibility they can come.

“If they aren’t coming to help us like we want, I prefer they don’t come.”

Emery hinted his reluctance to recruit defensive reinforcements, despite injuries to Sokratis Papastathopoulos (ankle) and Laurent Koscielny (jaw).

The Spaniard added: “We have enough players, centre-backs in the squad. Only we’re having a lot of injuries and a lot in this position.

“If we can bring another player and when all the players want to play, we can have a lot of trouble in the future.”

Sokratis and Koscielny were injured in last Friday’s FA Cup loss to Manchester United.

Sokratis is expected to be out for “maybe two or three weeks,” Emery said, while Koscielny’s jaw is bruised, but not broken.

The Frenchman will miss Tuesday’s Premier League clash with Cardiff, but could be back for Sunday’s trip to champions Manchester City.