The first leg of Arsenal's Europa League round-of-16 tie against Sporting CP presents Mikel Arteta with the perfect time to hand January signing Jakub Kiwior his debut, as he is named in the Gunners starting line-up for the first time.
Purchased for £21million earlier this year, the Poland international is yet to feature for the Gunners' first team in any capacity so far. Kiwior has enjoyed one brief run-out for the Arsenal under-21 team but has been made to wait for any senior minutes.
The former Spezia central defender has been named as a substitute in seven Arsenal league fixtures so far, but Arteta has not deemed it necessary to introduce him off the bench during any of those clashes. The Gunners boss has been clear in his view that Gabriel and William Saliba are the club's first-choice centre-back pairing.
