Although he’s not been in the starting line-up for the last two games, Arsene Wenger says he’s very happy with £35m summer signing Granit Xhaka.

His absence is made more curious because he seems to have some of the qualities we need to help offset the missing Santi Cazorla, but the Arsenal manager insisted there was no big issue.

Speaking today, he said, “I’m very happy with Granit’s commitment.I think he’s developing well. He hasn’t maybe started enough since the start of the season but he is adapting to a different league, a different way of playing.

“Overall I’m happy because every day he’s focused on working hard and I’m confident he’ll get his number of games.”

But finding a way to play without Cazorla has not been easy, something Wenger admits, but says there’s enough quality in the squad to cope.

“He’s important to our technical stability in the team, to the quality of our decision-making and to our build-up from deep midfield to the high midfield,” he said.

“That’s an important stage because it gets the ball out from the defenders. “We have enough quality players in our side to get around that, even if Santi a massive player for us.

“We are good enough to find solutions despite the fact he’s not there.”

It would a surprise not to see Xhaka start against Bournemouth on Sunday, so let’s see.