Arsenal: Danny Welbeck investigation is entirely pointless

Arsenal will have to hang tight as UEFA digs into whether or not Danny Welbeck should be punished for his supposed dive, but it doesn’t matter.

The footballing world is just up in arms about Danny Welbeck‘s supposed dive to secure Arsenal a penalty that he, in turn, put away. This is to be expected, as “experts” and fans alike are rarely ever that bothered when the Gunners get screwed, but when they are doing the supposed screwing, well then that just isn’t okay.

And now, UEFA is looking into it, according to Sky Sports, and a decision will be had next week regarding if Welbeck will face retroactive punishment for whatever you want to call what he did.

Of course, Arsene Wenger was also coy about the whole ordeal, straying away from the question by claiming he would have to see it again.

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None of this matters though. With two weeks before the next match, and the next Europa League match not coming until April 5th, the Gunners will be welcoming back Alexandre Lacazette to the fray just in time. So even if Welbeck does face a suspension, it will be served while Lacazette is running all over the Russians.

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Welbeck has been a major piece of the Gunners campaign to get through the tricky stages of the Europa League, when they didn’t have an out-and-out striker, and that was seen most against AC Milan.

While he wasn’t, and probably never will be, a graceful, assassin of a striker, he was what he needed to be – lively, energetic, and a damn nuisance to the opposing defense and keeper, never giving them a moment’s break.

His two goals in the second leg were earned through hard work and dedication to the cause. And now, suspension or no, he will be handing off the mantle to Lacazette, who has to be absolutely chomping at the bit to get back onto the pitch.

Lacazette faces an uphill climb to overtake Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but that all starts against CSKA Moscow, where he will be handed the starting role and told to prove himself. I still believe that the knee injury was a bigger part of his struggles than many believe, and I appreciate that Wenger put Lacazette in a position to come back with that excuse eliminating his past struggles.

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See? Welbeck’s review is so irrelevant I forgot I was even talking about it. And so will everyone else when Lacazette is back on the pitch.