Arsenal may have a ready-made solution to their striker crisis and Pep Guardiola could be due some credit if it works out. The Gunners will be without both of their top two forwards for the rest of the season after Gabriel Jesus (knee) and Kai Havertz (hamstring) were ruled out with serious injuries.

Pep Guardiola has named the four clubs he thinks have the mettle to win the Champions League, following Manchester City's elimination at the hands of Real Madrid. The Premier League outfit suffered a 6-3 aggregate defeat to Los Blancos in the play-offs,

Mikel Arteta's former mentor, Pep Guardiola, is among those managers who may have already answered the question as to whom should fill in as Arsenal's latest frontman

Wayne Rooney has been criticised by football fans after he accused Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta of speaking too much on the touchline during matches. The 39-year-old is currently a free agent, having been axed by Plymouth on New Year's Eve.

Arsenal are without a recognised striker for the rest of the season after losing Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz to injury.

Arsenal are without a recognised striker for the rest of the season after Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz were both ruled out, but Mikel Arteta may already have his solution

It therefore came as a surprise to the Spaniard when one of Mikel Arteta ’s backroom staff told him he really could be used as a makeshift frontman. Moments before Merino was thrown on for the final 20 minutes at the King Power Stadium,