Arsenal could be handed a massive boost for their trip to Leicester City on Saturday as Laurent Koscielny, Mesut Özil and Olivier Giroud are all set to return, according to theTelegraph.
The Gunners were missing a number of their first-team regulars during Sunday’s 4-3 loss at home to Liverpool.
Arsène Wenger was forced into giving 20-year-old Rob Holding his Premier League debut alongside Calum Chambers, only 21 himself, in the centre of Arsenal’s defence, to kick off the 2016-17 Premier League season.
The duo were torn apart inside the opening 15 minutes of the second half as Liverpool went from a 1-1 half-time scoreline to 4-1 in front after some lovely play, and goals from Adam Lallana, Philippe Coutinho and Sadio Mané.
Arsenal were also lacking an out-and-out striker as Alexis Sánchez played up top but failed to register a single shot on target during 90 minutes.
The Chilean could have been aided by a playmaker like Mesut Özil in the number 10 role. Aaron Ramsey played in the German international’s absence but failed to create much playing in an attacking midfield three with Alex Iwobi and Theo Walcott.
Both Ramsey and Iwobi went off injured in the second half.
The return of these three players will be much welcomed by Arsenal fans who have had a frustrating summer with the lack of new arrivals at the Emirates following their opening day defeat.
Wenger appears to have headed into the new season unprepared once again, but with little more than two weeks of the summer transfer window left there is still time to repair the early damage.
Three points at Leicester City would also be a welcome boost, and the return of Laurent Koscielny would help patch things up in defence, whilst Özil and Giroud would offer them more firepower against a side that conceded two goals versus newly-promoted Hull City in their season opener.
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