Considering we have
lost both Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky this summer there could certainly be room in the squad.
They've
lost Mikel Arteta, Tomas Rosicky and Mathieu Flamini and although none of them played on a regular basis last season, you need a big squad of players.
But Arsene Wenger yesterday was gushing about a player that seems to have dropped off the radar since the arrival of Granit Xhaka, but the fact that Arsenal have
lost Mikel Arteta, Tomas Rosicky, and (hopefully!)
Not exact matches
As usual, Arsenal have
lost another non-playing captain as
Mikel Arteta has hung up his boots and gone into coaching.
The Spanish midfielder and club captain
Mikel Arteta may not be every Arsenal fans» idea of the right player for the job, but when you consider the options in the Arsenal squad at the minute, the last thing we wanted was to
lose him.
Mikel's current deal with the Premier League outfit runs until 2017, and with the club unlikely to offer him an extension, they may be tempted to accept Gala's offer in a bid to avoid
losing the midfielder for nothing further down the line.
Look at Chelsea, they had Matic and when Matic got injured they are able to bring in
Mikel, they
lost nothing from a CDM standpoint and were able to remain consistent hence the title.
We have been
losing players at a regular rate ever since the season started, with Kieran Gibbs,
Mikel Arteta, Per Mertesacker, Flamini and others picking up little knocks, while Nathieu Debuchy and Olivier Giroud have had to have surgery and will not be available until some time around the new year.
Mikel lost his place and he may never recover it.
And now it is the central midfield area that looks dangerously exposed, after
losing Jack Wilshere and
Mikel Arteta to long term injuries in the last two games.
However, the Gunners have also
lost four players, releasing
Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini and Tomas Rosicky, while Isaac Hayden has been sold to Newcastle United.
This week it could be Obi
Mikel ruined a very amusing start to Avram Grant's career, that Tottenham are a bit crap, that Cesc Fabregas is some kind of footballing idiot savant, that Rafa Benitez is
losing support for his title push as quickly as he gained it or that Derby may or may not be relegated by this time next week.
We did
lose the game against West Brom in which Coquelin damaged his knee, but that was largely down to his replacement
Mikel Arteta.
Sanchez joins Laurent Koscielny, Santi Cazorla, Kieran Gibbs, Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck, Tomas Rosicky, Theo Walcott, Francis Coquelin and
Mikel Arteta on the treatment table, but the Chilean is the player Arsenal can least afford to
lose going into the festive period where the fixtures come thick and fast.
According to
Mikel Van Cleve, a certified financial planner at USAA Bank, many of your purchases will be covered by liability protection if your card is
lost or stolen when you're out of the country.
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Mikel, sorry for the long delay in responding, I had this mostly written 24 hours ago but first I thought I had posted it already, then I thought it was
lost when Outlook crashed but it was auto - saved after all.