Arsenal face a difficult test against Southampton in the FA Cup this weekend, but Arsene Wenger will be buoyed by fitness boosts he has received this week. As confirmed in his press conference on Thursday morning, the French tactician has welcomed back defensive pair Per Mertesacker and Mathieu Debuchy to full training. While Mertesacker's return will mean additional depth behind his first-choice centre-half pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Shkodran Mustafi, the return of Debuchy could potentially be important. For all the transfer speculation flying around him, with Wenger even leaving the door open on Thursday to a possible January exit now that his compatriot is fit again, he could in...
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