Mikel Merino, the central midfielder deployed as a makeshift striker, was an easy target for criticism and ridicule after a ...

Arsenal’s 15-game unbeaten Premier League run came to an end as West Ham United thwarted their attempt to reduce the gap to ...

Mikel Arteta has been giving more serious thought to Merino’s new position in training after the Spaniard's impact at ...

Arsenal have been training with different players leading the line and not just midfielder Mikel Merino, manager Mikel Arteta ...

Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Premier League - Mikel Arteta has made a big decision to make in ...

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta refused to rule out using Mikel Merino once again as a centre-forward following the Spaniard’s heroics last weekend against Leicester City. Injuries to several key ...

Merino shone in Arsenal’s 2-0 victory at the King Power Stadium, scoring both goals after coming off the bench with just over 20 minutes to go. The dilemma for Mikel Arteta now is whether he starts ...

Mikel Merino has one hell of a story to tell years ... This brings me back to Merino and his own brace in Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Leicester last weekend. They had already been using Kai Havertz ...

Chris Sutton explains why Mikel Merino cannot be tasked with leading the line for Arsenal regularly - but he doesn't mind if ...

This will still be a hard game for Arsenal, though. I thought Arsenal struggled against Leicester until Mikel Merino scored two very good late goals. ‘West Ham were decent against Chelsea ...

It looked like the failure to act in January would cost them. But up stepped Mikel Merino, of all people, to be Arsenal's centre forward for the final few minutes. He scored twice. Edging past ...