Laurent Koscielny is the first player that Arsene Wenger must gamble on if he wants a chance at a rebound victory.
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“I don’t want to speak individually about players”, Wenger said when asked interest in the PFA Player of the Year.”He has been outstanding if you look at his numbers”.
Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images That’s Mr. Xhaka in red (if you couldn’t guess).
“In one way I admire him [Wenger] because he didn’t splash the money and buy players he believed couldn’t help the team and make it better”.
Arsene Wenger had a thin squad to choose from in the Gunners’ season opener against Liverpool and paid the price for it.
“I think it is worth it to try as he has the quality to go behind”, he said.
I understand why he did it – because he is trying to move his team forward – but it is hard to do that while retaining the same ethos that brought them their success.
The news may not go now particularly well with those Gunners fans hopeful of seeing Wenger dip into the transfer market before the window closes at the end of this month, however. “They pay for 10 or 12 players who have gone somewhere else because the clubs they go to can not pay their wages”. It is indeed early days in the EPL but for Arsenal fans it is a unusual feeling of deja vu. But Wenger said a recent initial worry that the England global may have to be sidelined even longer turned out to be good news in the end.
Forward Welbeck suffered a knee injury in the penultimate match of the league season in May, which ruled him out of Euro 2016 and was also expected to keep him out of action for almost a year.
They did it last season, when they won 5-2, and they will think that once again they have more quality on the pitch so they will create more chances and be able to win the game playing that way too.
Robert Huth returns to the centre of defence after being suspended last week, linking up with captain Wes Morgan at the heart of Leicester’s back-line, while Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy also start. “I think this week he was already sharper in training”.
We don’t know what is going to happen to the two Manchester clubs and Chelsea as they have new managers in charge and Arsenal’s stability under Wenger could be crucial to them pushing on and winning that Premier League title again.
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The last time Leicester City emerged victorious from a meeting with Arsenal came in the 2000 FA Cup Final, when in a replay of an earlier 0-0 draw, Leicester topped Arsenal on penalties after a second straight goalless affair.
