Thomas Partey and Calum Chambers are two players who could come into Arsenal’s first XI for Saturday’s trip to Burnley.
The Gunners named a weakened team last weekend but still won 3-1 away to Leicester City.
But with a Europa League clash with Olympiacos on the horizon, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will still rest some of his heavy hitters against the Clarets.
Winning that competition is the North Londoners’ best chance of qualifying for the Champions League by virtue of the fact that they’re 10th in the Premier League table.
Partey, who earns £250,000 per week, doesn’t exactly qualify as a fringe player, but he is a rusty one after spending more time on the sidelines in recent weeks and Arteta will want him at 100 percent for facing the Greek side, so he is likely to be recalled to play alongside potentially Mohamed Elneny tomorrow.
Behind him, Chambers, a £16 million signing in 2014, might earn his first league appearance since 2019.
The Spanish boss is likely to keep Gabriel and David Luiz in reserve for next Thursday and therefore the former Southampton powerhouse – who Arteta claimed last week was fully fit after that long-term knee injury – could start in central defence beside Pablo Mari.
Here’s how the Emirates Stadium side could line up at Turf Moor: Leno; Soares, Chambers, Mari, Tierney; Elneny, Partey; Willian, Odegaard, Pepe; Lacazette
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