A week is a long time in football so a year is something of a lifetime - which Arsenal have proved as they regenerate their squad.
Mikel Arteta is into his second full season and has the Gunners on the cusp of the Champions League having finished a disappointing eighth last term. His first summer of recruitment saw more misses than hits with several of those players no longer at the club.
This time round Arteta and the Emirates hierarchy made an effort to lower the average age of the squad, adding a host of players in their early 20s. Several of their new recruits were criticised but the north Londoners are beginning to have the last laugh with a top four return in their hands.
