If he is to stay in the team, then it feels like Arteta has three options as to where he plays Nwaneri. He could deploy the teenager alongside Martin Odegaard as a left No8, but that would mean dropping one of Declan Rice or Thomas Partey from the midfield.

Mikel Arteta has ruled Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli out until April, meaning Arsenal will enter the Champions League last 16 without any of their first-choice front four. Saka has been missing since undergoing hamstring surgery in December and Martinelli has been absent since the start of February.

Arsenal injury news as Bukayo Saka season might only have five games left with Mikel Arteta priority now clear