Arsène Wenger has produced some of English football’s finest attacking teams in his 20 years at Arsenal, even if he has not always got it right when it comes to signing goalscorers. Francis Jeffers, Nicklas Bendtner or even Park Chu-Young anyone?

But the manager is as confident as ever that he will be rewarded for his investment and patience with Danny Welbeck, who is finally due to make his first home appearance of the season against Burnley today.

At 26, the Mancunian still has his best years ahead of him, for club and country, but he now needs to prove he can match his eye for goal with an extended injury-free run. And Wenger believes the man he signed from Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United for £16 million in 2014 has the ability to match an honest and determined attitude with success on the pitch.

“He is a good finisher as well and that was a bit before he got injured. You could see that was coming out because when he played at Man United he didn’t score enough goals,” Wenger said. “Suddenly it was coming and so he has been stopped just at the wrong moment.”

Welbeck scored a last-minute winner against Leicester on his previous return to fitness just under a year ago as he became first-choice striker before suffering a knee injury in the penultimate game of the season.