It’ll be fascinating to see the Arsenal team news v Bournemouth tonight.
Mikel Arteta’s outfit visit the Cherries this evening as they go in search of a third successive Premier League victory.
The Arsenal manager has selected the exact same XI for the win at Crystal Palace as he did for the 4-2 demolition over Leicester City last week.
New signing Oleksandar Zinchenko has been given the nod over Kieran Tierney at left-back in both victories.
However, David James believes that the former Celtic defender may return for Arsenal this evening.
He told Premier League Productions, when asked about who Arteta should select: “There’s flexibility with Zinchenko, but Tierney, fully fit and fully capable, should start for Arsenal.”
Arsenal team news v Bournemouth
It’s definitely a dilemma for Arteta.
After all, not only has Tierney been a wonderful left-back for Arsenal but he’s an on-the-field leader for the Gunners and one who they’ll need if things are going badly this evening.
Then again, these sort of selection headaches are exactly what the Spanish manager will love.
They’re a knock-on effect of having a deep squad, with a lot of competition, and the Zinchenko-Tierney battle may well stretch for much of the 2022-23 campaign.
Having said that, Zinchenko – a £32 million signing – has impressed in both Arsenal victories in the Premier League thus far and, really, the Ukraine international deserves to retain a spot in the XI.
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