{"id":24488,"date":"2021-09-14T22:33:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arsenaltruefans.com\/?p=24488"},"modified":"2021-09-14T22:40:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T19:40:26","slug":"mikel-arteta-faces-alexandre-lacazette-selection-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsenaltruefans.com\/2021\/09\/mikel-arteta-faces-alexandre-lacazette-selection-dilemma","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta faces Alexandre Lacazette selection dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mikel Arteta was questioned as to why he did not bring on Alexandre Lacazette during Arsenal&#8217;s 1-0 win over Norwich.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners struggled to put the ball into the net and finally put one in in a scrappy fashion as Aubameyang scored from close range.<\/p>\n<p>Last season&#8217;s top scorer watched from the bench again. Lacazette is yet to start a game for Arsenal this season and has only managed two substitute appearances scoring a goal of the bench against West Brom.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta faces a dilemma on how to utilize the French striker as his contract expires next summer. It is unlikely that the 30-year-old will renew his contract and he will most likely run it down and leave once it expires.<\/p>\n<p>However, Arsenal still need his services. Lacazette is the only player currently besides Aubameyang capable of guaranteeing more than fifteen goals in a season.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal can&#8217;t afford to bench him all season especially with Aubameyang tending to misfire more often, Arteta must find a way to keep the former Lyon striker motivated and focused for as long as he wears the Arsenal shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is facing a selection dilemma regarding Alexandre Lacazette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":23916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22,7,486,302],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mikel Arteta faces Alexandre Lacazette selection dilemma - Arsenal True Fans<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is facing a selection dilemma regarding Alexandre Lacazette.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arsenaltruefans.com\/2021\/09\/mikel-arteta-faces-alexandre-lacazette-selection-dilemma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mikel Arteta faces Alexandre Lacazette selection dilemma - 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