Arsenal have started to return to their best form in recent matches. The Gunners have picked up seven out of a possible nine points in their last three league fixtures.

Arsene Wenger’s side struggled over the Christmas period with consecutive 2-1 defeats away at both Everton and Manchester City.

Arsenal missed the chance to return to third in the Premier League table after drawing 3-3 away at AFC Bournemouth on Tuesday evening.

Wenger’s side are currently in fifth position in the league, but they are still firmly in the title race.

Despite struggles over December, the Gunners have only lost three league games all season.

They have been recently hit with a number of injury problems for their first-team.

The French manager may be forced to dip in to the transfer market to add some more depth wherever he sees necessary.

The North Londoners have been known to bring in a couple of fresh faces in most winter windows with varying levels of success, but here are their TOP THREE January signings over the past  14 years…

Theo Walcott

The England international joined Arsenal from Southampton in January 2006 for an original fee of £5m, that eventually rose to £12m.

Walcott was only 16-years-old when he signed the former Premier League winners, but his age did not stop Wenger paying a hefty fee for the then teenager.

The forward earnt his first call up to the national side in that summer after being selected for Sven Goran Eriksson’s 2006 World Cup squad. He made his international debut in a World Cup warm up friendly against Hungary in May 2006, but he did not feature at the tournament in Germany.

Walcott has made over 350 appearances in his time with the Gunners so far, scoring 96 times in those matches.

Despite stints in and out of the first-team in the past 11 years, Walcott is now very much a first-team regular at the Emirates Stadium and is highly regarded as one of the best value for money transfers Wenger has ever made.

Andrey Arshavin

The Russian joined Arsenal from Zenit Saint Petersburg in January 2009 for a fee in the region of £14m.

Arshavin was one of the top players in the world at the time after finishing in sixth place for the 2008 Ballon d’or award.

The forward went onto make 145 appearances for the club, scoring 31 times and making 46 assists, before returning to previous club Zenit in July 2013.

He is most famously remembered for scoring four goals in one game in an eventful 4-4 draw away at Liverpool in April 2009.

In the same month, the former Russian Player of the Year won the Premier League Player of the Month award just three months after arriving in England.

Arshavin is now playing for Kairat Almaty in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

Emmanuel Adebayor

Adebayor arrived at Highbury in January 2006 after leaving Monaco for a fee of £8.5m.

The Togolese striker went on to score 62 goals in 142 appearances for the Gunners before leaving in July 2009. On departure from North London, the forward joined Manchester City for a fee of just over £21m.

During his time under Wenger, Adebayor was named BBC African Footballer of the Year in 2007, African Player of the Year in 2008 and he also earned a place in the 2007-08 PFA Premier League Team of the Year.

His stunning volley against North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in September 2007 was perhaps his best goal in an Arsenal shirt. In fact, it was good enough to win BBC Goal of the Season for the 2007-08 campaign.

The experienced striker is currently a free agent after being released by Crystal Palace last summer.