Arsenal's paucity of defensive options may not be enough to tempt Unai Emery into risking the fit-again Laurent Koscielny in Sunday's clash with Southampton. The 33-year-old centre-back made his first appearance since rupturing an Achilles tendon in May as the Gunners beat Qarabag 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday. Koscielny completed 72 minutes at Emirates Stadium and would be a valuable inclusion in the weakened squad that will venture to St Mary's. Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Shkodran Mustafi are suspended, Rob Holding has been lost to a season-ending knee injury and Konstantinos Mavropanos has not featured at all this term. "Today is another step for...
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