Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta prepares to hire Declan Rice as an emergency situation alternative at centre-back in the lack of William Saliba.
Saliba missed out on Saturday’s draw with Aston Villa as a result of a hamstring injury got in the north London derby last Wednesday.
The Frenchman will certainly miss out on Arsenal’s Champions League game with Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday, however is recuperating well and must be back for the Gunners’ huge video game versus Manchester City a week on Sunday.
Before after that, however, Arsenal have a journey to Wolves and an additional Champions League encounter Girona.
And, offered the club are brief on centre-back alternatives due to the fact that Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are out with knee injuries, Rice can be utilized there.
“It has been in my head,” claimedArteta “The reality is that he had to play, because of certain circumstances as a No6, a No8, he played one game as a No10.
“To put him in a different position is not ideal. He is coping with it really well, but we know that he has the ability to do that, offering something different to the other central defenders. The reality is we don’t have right-footers in that position.”
Rice came with West Ham’s academy as a centre-back and he played there for Arsenal last period throughout a dead rubber with PSV Eindhoven in the last team video game of their Champions League project.
Arteta’s option at centre-back last weekend break was to relocate Jurrien Timber from right-back to the heart of support. Thomas Partey was after that entrusted with completing at full-back.
Arsenal’s support looked uncharacteristically unsteady and they blew a two-goal lead in the house to Aston Villa.
But Arteta urges they will certainly recuperate from that and they await the difficulty of dealing with Dinamo.
“They were really at it the next day – it’s our job,” claimedArteta “I don’t want them to feel unlucky with results – we have to control what we can control.
“Is there anything better that we could have done in the game to win by a big margin? Yes and we focus on that. I think we were very unlucky.
“Did the result reflect the performance? No it didn’t – it’s clear and obvious watching it twice. it is what it is and now it’s in our hands to change it and that’s it and move forward.”
