s to season opener at Newcastle lamenting a line-up hit by absence of Mesut Özil and Sead KolasinacIn a world where football did not cause perspectives to warp beyond all reason, and where sport was not fair game for those seeking to achieve malicious ends, Arsenal would be bouncing to St James’ Park for Sunday afternoon’s match. They are used to entering seasons racked with doubt these days but the summer’s dealings have been as fruitful as any in memory: a record signing for the attack; the kind of personality they have long lacked at centre-back; one of Europe’s most exciting attacking left-backs for the flank. Perhaps last season’s talk of a new era was more false start than...
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