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Arsenal are facing a concerning scenario as they prepare for their final two Premier League games and the Champions League final. The Gunners will be Premier League and Champions League champions if they win their last three games, but it's not going to be an easy task.
Mikel Arteta's men must hold their nerve against Burnley and Crystal Palace, and there is no need to highlight the scale of the task that awaits them against the world's best in PSG.
To make matters worse, Ben White has now been ruled out for the season, leaving Arteta searching for solutions. Here we take a look at the possible remedies for the absence at right-back.
The preferred option - Jurrien Timber
The undoubted preferred option is for Jurrien Timber to play on the right side instead of Ben White, as he has often done. Timber, who can play both sides and centre-back, is right-footed and more than capable on that side of defence.
The problem? Timber has also been struggling with injury, and he is yet to return. It's likely he will return at some point in the next couple of weeks, but will he be fit, ready and in rhythm in time for a huge challenge on Champions League final night? That's going to be a huge question.
Who else can play right-back?
In the absence of Timber, there are two makeshift options Arsenal can call upon. The first is Myles Lewis-Skelly, who is predominantly a left-back, but he has played on the right during his career and could potentially slot in there.
The other is Cristhian Mosquera, who is a centre-back, but he does have some pace and is right-footed, so he could slot in there.
Either of those options could get Arsenal through the rest of the Premier League season, but it's highly unlikely Arteta feels confident about putting Mosquera or Lewis-Skelly up against Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the Champions League, and he will be praying Timber returns in time for that one.
The formation tweak
The only other option Arteta has, realistically speaking, and without suggesting one of the midfielders plays right-back, is changing the formation.
Arsenal could play a back three, and Riccardo Calafiori would be comfortable playing in that system alongside Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba, having done it in the past.
The tweak would mean wing-backs, which would require a lot of Bukayo Saka on the right, in particular, but again, this is far from ideal. Arsenal haven't played a back three or five for a long time, and it would be a huge risk to switch to one just for the Champions League final, given there is no need to make the change for the last two Premier League games.
One would think Arteta feels confident enough using Lewis-Skelly or Mosquera against Burnley and Crystal Palace.
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