Arsenal Predicted Starting XI Against Everton

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“There will certainly be some changes,” Arsene Wenger told Arsenal.com about the squad he’s going to put forth against Everton. He based all potential changes on the short layoff, but we all know there’s more to it than that.

For one, we’ve seen Arsene Wenger sit players after horrid performances. Just look at the New Years Day Southampton debacle. Wojciech Szczesny still hasn’t returned and Kieran Gibbs just made his return.

The loss to Anderlecht saw some of our key components fail miserably. Per Mertesacker, Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil all fell flat on their faces and displayed old habits that we thought had died.

But those four are still crucial to our squad. So how will Wenger shake it up? Here is my suggested starting XI.