Eberechi Eze not playing in the last 4 games is not the big issue that it is being made out to be. It is simply the consequence of playing at a big club.

In the last 4 Premier League games, Eze has failed to play a single minute. But this is not due to any big conspiracy such as Mikel Arteta being unhappy with his defensive work rate, form or managing his workload. It is purely because other players are in better form.

In those 4 games which Eze has not played, Arsenal have a 100% record. 12 points from 12. We are currently on a 5 game winning run in the league and top, so I am not sure why Eze not playing has become a negative story.

It is also a myth that Eze has not played much this season. He has actually played the 3rd most Premier League minutes of all of our attacking midfield options:

Saka – 1348 minutes

Trossard – 1073

Eze – 917

Odegaard – 798

Madueke – 499

Martinelli – 480

Eze has played just 65 minutes less than Jeremy Doku, and more minutes than Rayan Cherki, Savinho, Oscar Bobb and Omar Marmoush. Top clubs rotate their forwards. It is not a new story.

Fellow new boys Hincape, Mosquera and Norgaard have also played less minutes than Eze this season. Like Eze, they all would have known that they were going to become squad players when leaving the sides they played week in week out for to join The Arsenal.

Eze, Hincape and Mosquera have all already played huge parts in our rise to the top this season, coming in for Arteta’s starters.

Like Ben White, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri and Gabriel Jesus, the all need to continue working hard in training and be ready when called upon. Eze’s time will come again this season.

If anyone who is not playing regularly decides to throw a strop and down tools, it will just show that they are not the right mentality to play at a top club.

Arteta’s job is to ensure all players are mentality motivated and feel part of the success even if they are not playing. And so far there are no cracks in his squad.

The lack of minutes in the last 4 games for Eze should not be seen as a negative story, but actually testament to the squad depth at Arsenal.

Eze was the King of Palace. Arsenal has Gods.

Keenos