Good things come to those who wait, and that's what Fabio Vieira has had to tell himself throughout a difficult first six months at Arsenal.
Signed from Porto in the summer for a cool £34million, the 22-year-old midfielder was brought in to bolster Mikel Arteta 's creative options and become the latest Portuguese export to take the Premier League by storm. But arguably the best thing he's done since arriving in north London, barring a cracker of a first goal against Brentford, is push teammate Martin Odegaard on to be even better and keep him firmly out of the side.
After starting all six of the Gunners' Europa League group games, injury and his teammates' form has prevented Vieira from making any further inroads into Arteta's XI. Forced to watch the World Cup from home, having not yet been capped by Portugal at senior level, the promising playmaker was given an olive branch by his boss when Arsenal made the trip to Oxford United on Monday.
