Arsenal’s squad in 2023/24 was as deep as its been in years, yet Mikel Arteta relied upon a select few in crunch time.
The Gunners certainly had their fair share of injuries throughout the campaign which forced the boss to tinker, but they weren’t ravaged like some of their rivals. Excluding Jurrien Timber, who missed most of his debut season after tearing his ACL, Arteta had a full complement of players available for the run-in, but the Spaniard refused to make changes down the stretch.
Arteta’s tendency to go unchanged pointed towards a stable and high-performing core, but it also showed that players on the fringes hadn’t offered enough to challenge for a starting berth. There were many individual standouts in 2023/24, but several underperformed, too.
There were many individual standouts in 2023/24, but several underperformed, too, and thus, they weren’t trusted by the manager when it mattered most.
Here were the three most disappointing Arsenal players of the 2023/24 campaign.