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In Sunday’s victory over Lyon in the Emirates Cup, Arsenal fans were treated to a glimpse of Riccardo Calafiori in the club’s colours for the first time. Oleksandr Zinchenko was superb for Arsenal, but was replaced by Calafiori in the second half who began the game as a left-back. Then, once the impressive Myles Lewis-Skelly was handed further pre-season minutes, Calafiori shifted into a centre-back role – one that he currently seems better suited to. The Italian showed impressive speed and composure in the middle, able to press high up and then recover his position quickly. Of course, seeing …