The Arsenal defender Ben White is set to be sidelined for at least the next 2 months after undergoing surgery to once and for all deal with an injury that’s been holding him back the last few months. With his absence, someone needs to step up at Arsenal’s right-back, and who else to do so but Jurrien Timber?

Bukayo Saka had limped off in Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Chelsea prior to the international break, and subsequently pulled out of the England squad along with team-mate Declan Rice