Written by Arsenal fans have expressed their worry over the absence of Jurrien Timber as he is expected to miss Arsenal’s game against Brighton & Hove Albion over the weekend. This is after he collected his fifth yellow card of the season.
This now means that, the right back position will be left without a natural right back. He has been a great force to reckon with and he is one of the reasons why the club has been recording some significant and positive results in the past few games.
Brighton & Hove Albion is a very strong team and the game of that nature requires the physicality of Jurrien Timber. This now means that, Mikel Arteta will be forced to make some adjustments in the team.
The Arsenal fans are worried that, he may use Thomas Partey to replace Jurrien Timber and this is what they do not want. Thomas Partey has been performing very well when he is in the midfield. He is the midfield maestro and he knows how to control it very well.
Deploying him at the right back position will mean that, the midfield will be shaky because Mikel Merino needs the partnership of a player like Thomas Partey in order for him to thrive well. He can however still use Declan Rice and Jorginho in the midfield position if he decides to go with Thomas Partey in the right back position.
The other option that can be viable is that, Riccardo Calafiori should be deployed in the right back position and either Myles Lewis-Skelly or Oleksandr Zinchenko be deployed at the left back position.
This can work well for the interest of the team. Jurrien Timber could have however been the ideal deal because he is the one who could have easily pocketed Kaoru Mitoma who is also very lethal in his own capacity.