Arsenal: Predicting the future of every loan player

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NUERNBERG, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 02: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Konstantinos Mavropanos of 1. FC Nuernberg looks on after the Second Bundesliga match between 1. FC Nuernberg and SV Sandhausen at Max-Morlock-Stadion on February 02, 2020 in Nuernberg, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

Dinos Mavropanos

There might not be a more complicated and uncertain player in the entire Arsenal squad than Dinos Mavropanos. He burst onto the scene after a £2 million transfer in January 2018, emerged as a potential elite centre-back option, only to then suffer several freaky injuries and fitness issues that robbed him of 18 months of play.

As a result, he slipped down the centre-back pecking order, behind both Calum Chambers and Rob Holding, and was eventually traded to Nuremberg in January. Mavropanos started the first four 2. Bundesliga matches of the season only to then suffer a pelvis injury before the recent postponement of play.

Still only 22, there is a path back into the Arsenal squad for Mavropanos. Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis will likely be sold, Holding cannot get fit, Chambers is out with a torn ACL, while David Luiz is hardly a long-term solution at the position. That said, more realistically, Mavropanos will be sold for maximum value. Arsenal simply have too many centre-backs to offer him enough playing time. Another loan or permanent sale should be expected here.

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