The versatile 22-year-old is hoping to keep his place in the Gunners XI, but has called for patience if Unai Emery continues to use him at right-back
Ainsley Maitland-Niles is hoping to keep his place in the Arsenal side, with regular right-back Hector Bellerin back to full fitness, but the versatile 22-year-old concedes: “I’m not a defender”.
A product of a famed academy system in north London stepped out of the youth ranks as a midfielder.
He considers his best work to be carried out in that area of the field, but has been asked to adapt his game when dropping into the back four.