It’s widely renowned that this season has represented a line in the sand for Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal ‘project’. With Benjamin White, Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Martin Odegaard , Albert Sambi Lokonga and Nuno Tavares all procured for a pretty penny this summer there is a sense that Arteta finally has his guys in place. Since the 5-0 defeat to Manchester City at the end of August, Arsenal’s most recent defeat, pretty much all of those new signings have figured prominently in the starting line-up (Odegaard is an exception here, having fallen victim to Alex Lacazette’s good recent form). Tavares and Lokonga have played due to injuries to more senior players but after an up...
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