Arsenal vs Southampton Ideal Starting XI: Alex Iwobi Back
By Josh Sippie
Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Jeff Reine-Adelaide
That’s a lot of names for two dudes. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, as alluded to on the previous side, was rather inexplicably given the role that the Ox should have had against Reading. Of course, it came off as the Ox drove Arsenal home on the offensive side and perhaps that’s what Wenger is going for, but I still like it better flipped.
Plus, Maitland-Niles has now played right back and right holding mid, so it only makes sense that he moves up to right attacking mid in the upcoming clash with the Saints.
Jeff Reine-Adelaide, meanwhile, is always a delight to watch. Mostly because you just know he has that capability to do something special. And I mean special. He has done some incredibly things already and he hasn’t even fully come into his potential.
This lad is brimming with confidence no matter what he does and that is going to start coming off more and more with time.
Moving on, we get to our final pairing of the match.