Some Senior Players to Feature Tonight and Midfielders Return Hits a Delay

Experienced side to play in Europa tie

Many would forgive Arsene Wenger for selecting an entire youth side XI for Arsenal’s Europa League clash with BATE Borisov tonight but that isn’t entirely the case. When speaking before the match he has stated that some senior players are in need of game time ahead of a busy schedule. Wenger said:

“I have many players available who need competition. We go next week again into a week with three games. Some experienced players need competition so we will play quite an experienced team.”

It is expected that senior players Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere...