Before the Premier League season paused for the winter World Cup in Qatar, it was quite evident as to which Arsenal players Mikel Arteta was relying upon when fit and ahead of the restart all signs point towards one major change.
After splashing out £120million to sign Marquinhos, Fabio Vieira, Matt Turner, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko in the summer transfer window, the question on many Gunners supporters' minds was could any of the quintet force their way into the Spaniard's core group of undroppables at some point in the campaign?
In truth, it was always going to be difficult for all five signings to come in and make an immediate impact, especially when taking into consideration Arteta's decisions in pre-season all pointed towards him already knowing at least six players that would feature in his strongest starting XI week-in, week-out when fit and available.
