Star right back Hector Bellerin will be back soon.
He’s been badly missed- and that’s an understatement.
Atletico Madrid keeper Jan Oblak is the man Wenger wants to replace Petr Cech.
An approach has been made,we are told.
Diego Simeone signed the Slovenian from Benfica in 2014 and he ‘s been phenomenal.
Oblak is 23 and could play for Arsenal for the next 10 years. He’s as good at De Gea or Courtois.
However, Oblak is accustomed to playing behind a tightly disciplined defence which takes immense pride in keeping clean sheets. So Oblak would probably find Arsenal’s training regime and habits quite peculiar.
Let’s face it, Simeone and Wenger are polar opposites in playing style and character.
A fireball does not resemble a professor.
Right back has been a problem this month because Jenkinson was never good enough to play for Arsenal. That’s why Jenks was loaned out to West Ham for two years.
Debuchy went off injured early in his comeback game.
His previous a senior appearance was 370 days ago
Bionic Catalan Bellerin, picked up at 16 by your favourite academy-raider, has quickly become one of Wenger’s five best players.
Arsenal v Southampton in the EFL Cup?
Will Arsenal be half as impressive as the Liverpool kids last night?
Only Can, Wijnaldum, Mane and Origi were retained from the team that beat Sunderland 2-0.
But Jurgen Klopp’s side battled well to contain a strong Leeds outfit at Anfield.
Leeds managed to contain them for 74 minutes and then Origi stabbed in a terrific near-post goal from a perfect cross by 18-year old Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Six minutes later 17-year old Ben Woodburn pounced at the far post after a superb move involving Origi, Mane and Wijnaldum. Very Klopp: fast, incisive football.
The lad is 98 days younger than Michael Owen was in 1997 when he became Liverpool’s youngest-ever goalscorer.
Ben Woodburn could be a name to remember.