Alan Shearer has now been discussing how important one Arsenal player has now become for Mikel Arteta this season. Before the flurry of goals over the last month or so, pundits and fans seemed very concerned with Arteta’s lack of firepower. In truth, you couldn’t move for talk of Arsenal signing a striker last month, with many left concerned that they didn’t. But Arteta seemed confident that he had the solutions internally, he didn’t seem as if he was beginning to panic. The Arsenal boss clearly had a plan to make Arsenal more resolute at the back this season, hence why Declan Rice was signed….
