by Joe Brewin @https://twitter.com/@JoeBrewinFFT Published 8 min ago It might well just be a sign of how far down the pecking order Jack Wilshere is these days, but suffice to say that few expected to see Alex Iwobi holding fort with Mohamed Elneny in central midfield for Arsenal’s Europa League opener against Cologne. With Francis Coquelin injured, plus Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka rested, here was Iwobi’s chance to impress on his first start of the season – albeit in a wholly unfamiliar role that surely won’t be his calling in seasons to come. Still, with only 11 minutes of first-team football under his belt this season, you get the feeling he would have taken anything that came...
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