Agreed, Wenger isn’t an idiot and he will start Santi if he is fit and 100%. Just fear that won’t be often enough/ sure that Wenger will see Ramsey as the first option to replace Cazorla, when for all El Nene’s mediocrity and Coq’s perhaps redundancy in a midfield with Xhaka, those two are still better options than Ramsey in midfield.
He is one of our most important players, we missed him massively last season. This is just shit news.
With Wilshere out for the season, Cazorla with a potential problem (even worse at his age), we could be very light in the middle once again.
Xhaka, Coq, Elneny, Ramsey, Ozil - to cover all competitions is a big ask. Maybe Iwobi will play in Ozil’s place now and again but still that leave the left side with minimal options.
Santi Cazorla was left devastated after being left out of Arsenal ’s starting XI for their Premier League opener.
Midfielder Cazorla was deeply disappointed at only being a substitute after believing he’d had a good pre-season and was one of the most senior players in their squad.
It was the most upset that some people at Arsenal had ever seen the 31-year-old, who has a reputation as being a humble club-first man despite being a top class Spain international.
Boss Arsene Wenger picked Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny and Alex Iwobi ahead of Cazorla, who eventually came on as a 61st minute substitute in the goal-packed defeat