Bad look for Arsenal as summer departure appears to be on track for his best season ever
Once a veteran player leaves the club on loan then it's almost natural to write off any chances of them having a future with you.
That seemed to be the case with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Arsenal last season as he was sent on loan to Roma. It wasn't clear if he would stay in Italy on a permanent basis, but it was pretty obvious that he wasn't getting any more chances at Arsenal.
That probably felt like the right decision at the time and perhaps it was still the right call for Mikel Arteta to wait, but you do wonder if he would make a difference to the Arsenal team just now.
Arteta has plenty of options in the wider areas but they keep letting him down, while there is also a need for someone to create from the centre of the pitch just now.
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