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On Monday Arsenal face Bournemouth at Dean Court, in the 4rth round of the FA Cup. This will be the first-ever meeting between Arsenal and Bournemouth FC in the FA Cup. Although The Cherries currently sit 18th in the table and are on a poor run, on their day they can cause trouble to many big of the big boys. Mikel Arteta's side went a man down in the last game against Chelsea and grabbed a 2-2 draw. Thou six days is enough time to recover, Arteta will have to rotate the squad considering David Luiz is also suspended now along with Aubameyang. Mustafi played well against Chelsea after his big error so he might keep his place and it would be the right call for his confidence. Other than that, since Mavropanos is on loan, Holding and Sokratis are the two options available. Holding started against Leeds in the last round after being sidelined for a long period and showed that he will need time to be back properly. Moving towards the midfielders and forwards, Willock or Mateo...

Arsenal have been in contact with Flamengo FC , one of the most notable South American clubs known for producing gems and once home to the likes of Adriano, Ronaldinho, and Romario, regarding the signing of their star defender Pablo Mari. In fact, according to the recent reports, he   was pictured at Rio de Janeiro airport with Edu on Friday evening and boarded a plane to London, touching down at Heathrow on Saturday lunchtime.  This means Arsenal have finally decided to spend money on a center-back.  Arsenal are believed to be paying around £7million to sign Mari, which represents a big profit on the £1m Flamengo paid Manchester City last summer. But the important question is, is he good enough for Arsenal? Or since any center-back is good enough for our team at the moment to be fully honest, the question is does he have what it takes to play in PL? Keeping in mind that he was once at Man City not so long ago but never made it to the playing squad. He has gone fr...