How does Arteta solve the midfield conundrum for the derby?

Morning all.

The main talking point ahead of today’s North London derby is what Mikel Arteta is going to do in midfield without both Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard. There are options, but quite which he goes for is anybody’s guess. For our preview podcast on Patreon, I drew up a few permutations which we discussed.

Partey – Jorginho – Havertz: A kind of double pivot with two very experienced players plus Havertz ahead feels like something the manager might do, but I’d be concerned...