Has Ainsley Maitland-Niles done enough at weekend opponents West Brom to earn an Arsenal future?
Has Ainsley Maitland-Niles done enough at weekend opponents West Brom to earn an Arsenal future? By Peter White Thursday night’s Europa League exit may have all but ended Arsenal’s miserable 2020/21 campaign, but attentions must quickly turn back to domestic duty with a trip to West Brom ahead on Sunday evening. Tottenham’s defeat at Leeds on Saturday may have offered the Emirates faithful a small crumb of comfort, but three points for Marcelo Bielsa’s Yorkshiremen saw them leapfrog the Gunners, who now sit tenth and seven points off an unlikely top-six finish. A place in next season’s European competition should ultimately prove too tough an ask with just four games of the season left, but with a game in hand over Spurs, Mikel Arteta’s men need to keep fighting to the death. The Baggies - ten points adrift of safety - may be destined for an immediate return to the Championship, but boss Sam Allardyce likes nothing more than getting one over the biggest names in the bu...