I would be happy to count on players as Leno, Martinez, Bellerin, Kolasinac, Sokratis, maybe Holding, Saka, Tierney, Torreira, Mesut (he loves Arsenal so much, imho), Gabriel Martinelli, Pèpè.
Give a chance to test Willock, ESR, Nelson.
Others are free to leave. Made this team worst than years ago.
I think we can recoup some money from players as Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, Chambers, Xhaka, Lacazette, Aubameyang, Nelson and Nelson.
Invest the money on the right technical and mental qualities for Mikel and we will see something different.
I think Denilson, Gabriel, Mustafi, and Santos can all improve under Arteta, let’s bring em all back. Fuck it let’s bring Flamini back too, Arteta could teach him awareness, he’d turn Flamini into a prime Xabi Alonso
He was ok, but his “ok-ness” was partly an incredibly conservative style - if there was even someone within 20 yards closing him down, he would make the safe/easy pass, usually backwards… so incredibly limited. Too slow and offers zero chance of breaking the lines, making us so much easier to stifle. Notice how every team now pinches us wide where we struggle?
He should certainly be tried as one. He looked promising in that position, showing lots of personality getting the ball from defence, when we first signed him (it was only pre-season, but still).