Ian Wright believes Mikel Arteta is ‘done’ with Arsenal star Jakub Kiwior

Arsenal fable Ian Wright believes Mikel Arteta is ‘done’ with Jakub Kiwior, suggesting the manager nary longer trusts the defender.

Kiwior has failed to marque it disconnected the seat successful Arsenal’s past 7 Premier League games and has been an unused substitute for the Gunners.

The northbound Londoners spent £20m to motion the Poland planetary from Italian nine Spezia successful January 2023 and he’s nether declaration until 2028.

But Kiwior’s future astatine the Emirates is present looking bleak, according to Wright, fixed his deficiency of caller playing clip successful the Premier League.

Speaking aft Kiwior, who tin beryllium utilized arsenic a centre-back oregon a left-back, did not diagnostic successful Arsenal’s past top-flight clash with Aston Villa, Kelly Cates asked Wright straight if Arteta was reluctant to deploy the 24-year-old star.

‘It’s worrying,’ the Arsenal icon said connected the latest occurrence of The Kelly and Wrighty Show. ‘If you’re Kiwior close now, you’re astir apt reasoning it’s done.’

Wright was near unimpressed with however Arteta tinkered his defence for the 2-2 gully against Aston Villa aft the wounded to centre-back William Saliba.

Arteta decided to determination Jurrien Timber from right-back to cardinal defence to screen for Saliba, with Thomas Partey slotting successful connected the close instead.

‘For me, if you’re going to alteration similar that, I’d person enactment (Declan) Rice astatine close centre-back and Timber astatine right-back,’ Wright added.

Arteta is hopeful that Saliba volition beryllium acceptable to instrumentality for the Premier League showdown against Manchester City connected February 2.

‘I anticipation truthful yes,’ the Arsenal brag said this week. ‘He is evolving well.

‘The past fewer days helium was feeling overmuch amended already but this crippled comes a small spot excessively aboriginal for him.’

After their Champions League midweek clash with Dinamo Zagreb, Arsenal instrumentality to top-flight enactment connected Saturday with a travel to Wolves.

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