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If ESR doesn’t get a start in the next few weeks with Partey and Jesus out - he’s leaving Arsenal either in Jan or in the summer.
I am not his biggest fan but him not getting a sniff apart from playing garbage minutes is puzzling. What’s the point of having him in the squad and letting him rot on the bench while his value goes down?
Better off selling him for his career and our squad depth by actually getting someone Mikel trusts.
He has Trossard, Nketiah, Havertz and Vieira all ahead of him in terms of making the starting XI. I wouldn’t hold my breath
Havertz 9 ESR 8 > Nketiah 9 Havertz 8
TY Mikel
eh? He’s not a 6 or a no.9.
how is them being out relevant lol.
I guess the fact that we will see less of Rice at 8 and Jesus on the wing?
Havertz will play more as a 9 instead of an 8, Rice will solely play the 6 instead of the 8. Trossard might be tasked to play some minutes up front instead of playing on the left wing.
Not rocket science is it?
All of these are just assumptions though. I think Nketiah will start as a 9, Rice as the 8 and Jorghino as a 6. Emile have to be content with his chances off the bench, and hopefully we should be so in control against Sheffield United today that he can come on earlier than usual and have some time to show what he’s got. Until he does that it’s really not a discussion of him starting.
They haven’t been playing much already and he still hasn’t been getting real minutes. Why would their presence have any bearings on his playtime?