Well, Arsenal are back on home soil.
The Gunners had spent the last week-and-a-bit over in Dubai during a warm weather training camp.
However, Arsenal are back in London Colney – and a forgotten player was included in Mikel Arteta’s training session this afternoon.
The Spanish manager recalled Jordi Osei-Tutu from a season-long loan at Nottingham Forest during January, with injuries spoiling his time at the City Ground.
But the 23-year-old is looking fit at the moment as he took part in Arteta’s session this afternoon.
Here’s some images of the forgotten right-back:
Osei-Tutu missed the chance to leave Arsenal on deadline day [The Evening Standard].
It was reported that he was one of several Hale End prospects fixing to leave North London in some capacity in search of regular football, though it never materialised.
Barring a major crisis, he will now spend the next six months on the fringes of Arteta’s plans at Arsenal.
Takehiro Tomiyasu and Cedric Soares are the Gunners’ primary right-back options and unless one of them gets injured between now and May, Osei-Tutu has zero chance of playing unfortunately for him.
The young English defender is yet to make his first-team debut for Arsenal in the Premier League and, honestly, it’s probable that he never will.
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