A threat menacing communication from the Madrid star to Arsenal players preceding their Champions League match.

With Arsenal’s first-choice right-hand side out of action for almost all of this season, Mikel Arteta has had to find new ways to attack. Not only have Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard accounted for almost half of the goals scored or assisted over the past two-and-a-half years, but they have been central to wider chance creation as well. Being without this source is almost terminal.

Two players carry a heavy load with Kai Havertz supporting them after finding his feet 12 months ago. The loss of all three has blunted the team massively but it is the right flank and the Odegaard-Saka-Ben White axis which is the most notable area of the team

most of the moves still end on the opposite side. Ethan Nwaneri’s own rise from youth prospect to undroppable first-team player has certainly contributed.

He picked up the baton left by Odegaard and Saka, often filling in for at least one of the league’s best players and sometimes both at the same time. The way he has adapted so quickly to elite football has allowed Arteta to continue on with his plans to attack on the right.