Mikel Arteta tempted to unleash attacking quadrant in Arsenal team

Mikel Arteta has revealed he may field all four of Arsenal's most exciting young attacking talent at once in Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe and Gabriel Martinelli.

All four are highly rated by the Spaniard and adored by the Arsenal faithful, but it has proved a struggle to try and accommodate all four in the same starting line-up.

Martinelli was suspended for the last league outing at home to Brentford but having served his one-game ban, Arteta now has a decision to make ahead of the visit of Wolves on Thursday night.

The game is arguably the most important of Arsenal's league season so far, with a win giving the Gunners the chance to put some daylight between themselves and the likes of Wolves and Tottenham Hotspur.

Given the stakes of the clash, Arteta deploying an attacking quartet that boast an average age of 21 would be a bold decision, but the Arsenal boss has conceded he is tempted.

"They have played together - Emile played as a left attacking midfielder, which is another position he can play," he said.

"I am tempted, yes, because they want to play and when you see players training and playing the way they do, you want to throw them all on the pitch. Unfortunately, 11 is the limit."

Some may argue that of that four, none could lead the line but Arteta has identified Martinelli and Smith Rowe as two that could be used as a forward in future.

"It depends on the role you want to play and the role you want from the nine,” the Arsenal boss explained.

"They have very different qualities, they would change our structure and the spaces that we would attack, the positions that would threaten, how they fix the opponent in certain areas.

"It would depend on the behaviour of the opposition as well, to