Mikel Arteta to name strong Arsenal team in Girona as he eyes momentum for Man City showdown - Arteta rules out mass rotation for Champions League dead-rubber in Spain

Benjamin Sesko has been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League with Arsenal and Manchester United both reportedly keen.

I like to think of myself as an optimistic person, and I sit, writing this piece, in the wake of Arsenal’s draw to Aston Villa with an inescapable sense that it simply is not the Gunners' year. Some might ask why it has taken me so long to get to this point after everything that has happened,