Overview
- Following Sunday’s 1-0 win at West Ham, the teenager has started three straight games in central midfield as Arsenal target the title and a Champions League final on May 30.
- Mikel Arteta said he held repeated talks to explain the earlier lack of minutes and to demand improvement, which the player accepted after a difficult stretch.
- The Hale End graduate lost his left-back spot to Riccardo Calafiori and Piero Hincapié, then returned to his natural role against Fulham and kept his place versus Atlético Madrid and West Ham.
- He told reporters he is focused on the last two league matches against Burnley and Crystal Palace and on bringing Arsenal “back to glory.”
- Pundits, including talkSPORT voices and Robert Pires, are urging an England recall in midfield, and The Times reports an intermediary had offered him to clubs for about £60m before this late surge reset his trajectory.