A new centre-back pairing looks set to enter into Arsenal folklore. Adams and Bould, Campbell and Toure, Mertesacker and Koscielny – and back even to Simpson and McLintock in the 1970s – all proved to be dynamic duos, thwarting attacks up and down the country.
Now William Saliba and Gabriel are following in their footsteps, growing week on week as a partnership, and once they again have been a major factor in our miserly defensive record in the Premier League.
Last season the two formed our central defensive partnership in all but four of our 38 league games, and each of the last 27.