Pain in the Arsenal
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Arsenal: Complete 2018/19 season player ratings

By Andrew Dowdeswell

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Alexandre Lacazette of Arsenal (L) celebrates after scoring his team's second goal with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Newcastle United at Emirates Stadium on April 01, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Alexandre Lacazette of Arsenal (L) celebrates after scoring his team's second goal with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Newcastle United at Emirates Stadium on April 01, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 02: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Arsenal runs with the ball during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal FC at Wembley Stadium on March 02, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 02: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Arsenal runs with the ball during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal FC at Wembley Stadium on March 02, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) /

Henrikh Mkhitaryan – 5.5

Quite frankly, Henrikh Mkhitaryan was rubbish. A little like Ozil, everything he does is analysed through the prism of being paid enormous sums of money, in the region of £200,000-a-week, but even if you were to take the wages out of it and just consider his performances in a vacuum, you would still think he was rubbish.

There was a brief run of form where it looked like he might figure things out. After dealing with a foot injury during the Christmas and winter period, the Armenian returned to the team in February and looked surprisingly sharp, scoring against Southampton and putting in one of the best individual displays of the season in a 5-1 trouncing of Bournemouth just a few days later.

That, though, was just a glimmer of hope, and Mkhitaryan quickly reverted to his hapless self, dribbling into defenders, misplacing simple passes, and failing to control the ball like even an amateur would expect to. I don’t think anyone would be sad if he was sold this summer.