In the final week before Arsenal travel to Merseyside to play Everton in the Premier League, Mikel Arteta has a lot to decide.
This weekend, Arsenal will play its first Premier League game when it travels to Merseyside to face Everton.
The team has a terrible record against the Toffees away from home and hasn’t experienced victory since Arsene Wenger took over in 2017.
This week, Mikel Arteta will welcome his players back from the international break.
Jakub Kiwior has already arrived, and Mohamed Elneny has also joined in on training, giving the midfield a bit of a boost.
Jurrien Timber, who is expected to recover in the new year, and Thomas Partey both continue to be injured.
Football, with only a few days left before the trip up to the northwest.
London looks at what the Arsenal manager needs to get done in the remaining time.
Arteta has a lot on his plate, from team selection to strategy.
It was the ideal plan.
As previously mentioned, Arsenal has a terrible road record against Everton.
In the previous five games, there have been four defeats and one draw, with Arteta’s attempts on Merseyside ending in a loss by the score of 1-0 last season, 2-1 in 2021, and another loss by the same margin to Carlo Ancelotti in 2020.
A common theme between all the games was discovered through analysis.
Due to the physicality of the forwards and centers, who towered over their opponents, Arsenal was most exposed from crosses and set pieces.
To keep history from repeating itself, Arteta needs to devise a plan.
Inclusions of Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes would undoubtedly heighten the side, though there are concerns about the latter’s performance.
leaving out team members.
Some players will be left out because Arsenal can only carry 20 players to a game. Nuno Tavares, Rob Holding, and Sambi Lokonga were all able to leave the Gunners on deadline day, and Nicolas Pepe’s contract was terminated before he joined Trabzonspor.
Two players still require decision-making even without Partey and Timber.
But it’s likely that those two players will be Cedric Soares and Mohamed Elneny.
If Arteta sticks with the same starting lineup from the victory over Manchester United, he would have a very potent bench.
It’s quite an accomplishment for the recruitment team to have Reiss Nelson, Fabio Vieira, Gabriel Jesus, Emile Smith Rowe, Leandro Trossard, Jorginho, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Jakub Kiwior, and David Raya at their disposal.
Bringing David Raya in.
However, while Raya has only recently joined club football, the Spanish goalkeeper has made an impression.
London has a grasp of it.
Arteta had bids for the summer signing as far back as 2020 on his radar.
There has been some discussion about whether he can replace Aaron Ramsdale in goal now that he has finally found his man.
Nevertheless, it is likely that a choice will be made right away given the frequent appearances of the Champions League and Carabao Cup in the upcoming months before the following international break.
Raya will undoubtedly seize this opportunity to start pressing Ramsdale seriously. If Arteta’s prompt action with Bernd Leno is any indication, the former Sheffield United goalkeeper is not at all secure in his position.
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