Arsenal have a lot of problems right now and if some aren’t dealt with soon, they could have massive repercussions going forward.

2Replacing the irreplaceable – Santi Cazorla

Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla (L) jokes with Arsenal’s French manager Arsene Wenger (R) during a training session at their London Colney facility in Hertfordshire, north of London, on August 18, 2014 ahead of their UEFA Champions League Play-off first-leg football match against Besiktas on August 19, 2014. (OLLY GREENWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

Even with the best will in the world, it’s not looking as if Cazorla will ever be fit enough to play football again… at all, not just in the Premier League… so where’s his replacement?

The 33-year-old only has a few months left on his Arsenal deal and both the club and midfielder have gone quiet about a potential return, which doesn’t look great for his future at the club.

After receiving a kick to his Achilles against Ludogorets in October 2016, the little Spaniard underwent surgery in Sweden. Unfortunately, it couldn’t have gone worse. The wound wouldn’t heal, he contracted gangrene and he ended up having to get a skin graft.

Arsenal’s midfield suffered not having Cazorla in the middle and it’s not been the same since he was sidelined.

Therefore, you would imagine that Arsenal should be on the look-out for an actual replacement. You would hope that they don’t just try to shove a square peg, i.e. one of Arsenal’s existing midfielders, into a round hole.

No one at the club is even close to being the same type of player Cazorla was, so they have to bring someone else in.

Max Meyer has been linked with a move to north London and while the 22-year-old Schalke man is a good shout – and available on a free at the end of the season – there haven’t been any solid reports as of yet.

The German plays in a similar way to Cazorla but replacing the little maestro will be difficult. How do you replace the irreplaceable?

Unfortunately, I can just as easily see Jack Wilshere leaving, and Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny remaining in Arsenal’s midfield.