Start to life at Arsenal has been pretty difficult for Fabio Vieira for reasons in and out of his control. But after Mikel Arteta urged for patience with the 22-year-old, the midfielder has an fast approaching opportunity to show his worth
Vieira, who impressed Arteta "straight away" during his Porto days, has struggled for regular minutes in his debut season in north London with six of his eight starts for the Gunners all coming in the Europa League group stage. And while he is thought to be one for the future, Vieira has struggled to recapture the form he showed glimpses of earlier in the season.
With all the talk of Arsenal's desperation for a new central midfielder, Vieira has struggled to earn a spot in Arteta's starting XI with Martin Odegaard, Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey all establishing one of the firmest bonds in the Premier League this season. He was selected from the off in Wednesday night's 3-1 Carabao Cup defeat at home to Brighton and unfortunately failed to make an impact - resulting in Arteta to discuss the Portuguese's form.
