Bukayo Saka, Alex Lacazette, Martin Odegaard, Willian, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe, Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith-Rowe and Gabriel Martinelli. It’s not a bad collection of attackers that Mikel Arteta has at his disposal. I am not going to pretend it is absolutely world beating but it’s also not a midtable set of options, in terms of quality, depth and variety. The impoverished approach to attack has been my chief frustration for Arteta’s Arsenal. I think it’s relatively uncontroversial to observe that the talent in the squad is frontloaded, the squad does not boast the same quality in midfield or defence, for instance. Of course, you could reasonably suggest...
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