Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to ease his side's midfield crisis ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash with Chelsea. Francis Coquelin is currently the only senior central midfielder available for the Gunners heading into the crunch match at Stamford Bridge, with Granit Xhaka suspended, Mohamed Elneny at the Africa Cup of Nations and Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey both injured. At 19 years old, Maitland-Niles is yet to start a Premier League game and has spent most of his senior career playing as a full-back, but Wenger believes that he has the qualities to impress in the middle of the park. "Ainsley Maitland-Niles has...
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