Jurgen Klopp has already handed Mikel Arteta Liverpool blueprint to fix major Arsenal issue
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta could emulate a tactic utilised by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to fit all four of his best attackers into the same side. With first-choice frontman Gabriel Jesus injured, the Gunners have been deploying Leandro Trossard through the middle.
Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka have supported Trossard on the flanks, forming an exciting connection, reminiscent to the one we saw from the two widemen and Jesus last term. The Brazilian international is now slowly returning to full fitness, leaving Arteta with a difficult decision on what to do with Trossard.
But the Spaniard could adopt a similar approach to what we’ve occasionally seen from Reds head coach Klopp. The 56-year-old has at times used forward Diogo Jota in a slightly deeper role, effectively operating in a 4-2-3-1 with Jota as a number 10.
A recent interview between Trossard and the club’s official media team proves that this is a position that the Belgian is comfortable in too. Speaking about his favourite place to play, the former Brighton & Hove Albion playmaker said: “That’s a tough question.
«I don’t really mind playing all of those positions up top, to be fair. If it’s left winger, as a false nine, even as an attacking midfielder, I don’t really have a straight answer for that.
“[As a kid I played] as a number ten, like a proper attacking midfielder back in the old days, or as a striker as well.
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