Country: England
Player:Rice
You saying Tierney and Laca couldn't play that role so he preferred to play a different system where Tierney was a more traditional full back and Laca a deep lying CF. Interesting take.
Pretty much. I think you have to make the most of the players you have at your disposal. Something admittedly Arteta hasn't been great with at times.
Laca just wasn't physically capable of playing the role Jesus does. He tried really hard but he just didn't have the stamina or the scoring boots at the end. So you have to work around it as best you can.
I don't think it's a coincidence that Arteta seems to start Zinchenko over KT either. He's more suitable to the role Arteta ideally wants his FB to have even if KT is the better 'Traditional FB'