"He’s been working so hard and came in a really good condition for pre-season,” Arteta said regarding Trossard. "He provides us one thing very totally different to the opposite wingers we have now and he has acquired unbelievable versatility and unpredictability to play in numerous positions too. It shall be good for his confidence, for positive."

While Raya getting on top of things will additional pile the strain on present primary goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, as Arteta has pressured the necessity for 2 stoppers of equal high quality. After confirming Raya’s mortgage, Arteta mentioned: “You need to be prepared because the question will be ‘what is it, two goalkeepers of this size?’

“And if Aaron was to sustain a cruciate injury, then what do you say? You then change everything. So, we have to be prepared, we have to be proactive, and we have two excellent goalkeepers now that fit exactly what we want in our model, so I’m very happy with that.”