Ramsey missed Arsenal’s games against Leicester City and Watford as well as Wales’ World Cup qualifier against Moldova and it seems like he won’t take part in the Gunners’ home game against Southampton on Saturday.
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Wenger is able to call on Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez, who both arrived shortly before the end of last month’s transfer window.
“Mustafi is a young centre-back and already has experience”.
Arsenal return to the Emirates on Saturday for their first home game since the opening day of the season, when they were humbled by Liverpool.
The midfield is always going to be trickier to predict with so much quality, but I’m going for Coquelin and Santi Cazorla to start, with of course Ozil must play. “He has already lived overseas, he speaks the language and he knows Mesut Ozil”. He’s a left-footed player who has good movement and good link play as well.
The most worrying issues come from Wenger’s pre-match press conference quotes regarding winger turned striker Alexis Sanchez, a player who was instrumental in Arsenal’s potent attacking display against Watford last time out.
Gunners coach Arsene Wenger said Alexis Sanchez will have to be assessed before being confirmed as playing following a travel-heavy global break, while Per Mertesacker, Gabriel and Aaron Ramsey are all sidelined with injury.
Puel, 54, had seven seasons as a player under Wenger at Monaco but this weekend will see him come up against long-serving Arsenal boss for the first time in a managerial career that dates back to 1999.
“It’s important to see this after the last game because it’s hard to anticipate, but I think it’s important to respect all the players”.
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“I think he’s a very good manager and also because his work is not just the present but always to build something – a club, a collective”.
