Yet for much of pre-season he has opted for a 4 -4-2 configuration, with 21 different players all receiving game time in the club's International
Champions Cup clashes with Liverpool, Real Madrid and Milan.
Not exact matches
Wilshere could return for the FA
cup clash with Middlesborough next week and then be available for the last 13 Premier League games and the
Champions League.
So we can not rely on Ramsey being able to feature in key games like the
Champions League game away to Monaco or the FA
cup clash away to Manchester United.
Both clubs made early exits from the Capital One
Cup — Arsenal losing to Southampton, after United were thrashed by MK Dons — while the North London giants face the ominous task of trying to overturn a 3 - 1 deficit against AS Monaco in the
Champions League second round
clash.
With an FA
cup clash with Hull City just a few days before the visit of Barcelona in the
Champions League, Wenger has some big decisions to make about team selection and rotation.
No one was surprised to see that Arsene Wenger chose to drop (or rest) the Arsenal vice-captain for the Premier League home
clash with Everton on Sunday, after the World
Cup winning defender was the worst of a bad bunch against Monaco in the
Champions League.
He also scored a goal against AS Monaco in the
Champions League, meaning that he got on the scoresheet in all games except the FA
Cup quarterfinal
clash against the Red Devils.
Amidst all the positives that were on show for Arsenal fans during the heavy defeat of the
champions of Portugal on Saturday, not everything about the Arsenal v Benfica
clash in the Emirates
Cup was good.
However, the triumph came at a cost, with Massimiliano Allegri admitting after the match that the World
Cup - winning midfielder was a doubt for Juve's midweek
Champions League
clash with Borussia Monchengladbach.
The 27 - year old was probably set to start the
Champions League
clash with Ludogorets on Wednesday anyway, and then the EFL
cup clash visit of Reading next week, but do you think he should also get to play in the Premier League match at home to Middlesborough on Saturday?
Ancelotti, whose side are in Miami ahead of Wednesday night's
clash with Chelsea in the final of the Guinness International
Champions Cup, refused to talk about Real's attempts to sign Bale in a world - record fee from Tottenham.
De Bruyne has not scored since the end of January — a run which now stands at 13 games following this
clash with Spurs — and his dip in form has coincided with City crashing out of the
Champions League and FA
Cup, as well as the run of results that had seen them lose 5 of 10 in all competitions prior to this game.
It has been reported that Arsenal forward Joel Campbell has labelled Wednesday night's
Champions League
clash with Olympiakos a
cup final.
Johne was interviewed by Ruairi O'Hagan on Red FM about the Clinics and the crunch Racing 92 v Munster Rugby European Rugby
Champions Cup Semi Final
clash later on Sunday — listen to it here.
The Serie A
champions face a gruelling run of games before their second - leg
clash with Tottenham, taking on Atalanta in both the league and
cup before travelling to Lazio just days before their trip to Wembley.
Given the Gunners were recently crowned Continental
Cup champions last month after a 1 - 0 win over Manchester City, Spence recognises that any know - how he can extract from his players in coping with such a big game will be invaluable ahead of the
clash at Marine on Sunday 15 April.
Smalling, speaking ahead of United's
Champions League
clash in Basel, did not hold back when asked about the decision, with his belief of forcing his way into Southgate's thoughts for the World
Cup clear.
Mesut Ozil has endured a dramatic loss of form over the past few matches and following the 5 - 1 defeat against Bayern Munich in the
Champions League, the German star was completely omitted from the FA
Cup 5th Round
clash against Sutton United on Monday night.