“He is absolutely determined to get his place back in the team,” said Wenger. “He got a few knocks and bruises that build a man and at the start it was all very easy for him. Jack has gone through some tough times so he has that density, that fitness now of a man who knows that life is not only easy.

"He had always common sense Jack, but he had an impulsive character. I would say he’s a much more mature man today.”

Wenger also confirmed that Danny Welbeck and Francis Coquelin are now out for at least a month with respective groin and hamstring injuries. Calum Chambers should make his first start of the season tonight at centre-back.