Danny Welbeck 6

Welbeck had a pretty standard season. He scored 10 goals, with a few of them coming at key times like the winner in the League Cup quarter-final, and three goals in three games in the Europa League knockout rounds before Atletico Madrid.

On the other hand, he had massive droughts, for example not scoring in the league between September 9th and April 8th.

Nonetheless, his work when not in front of goal was generally good, and he made a decent back up option.

Mesut Özil 6.5

This wasn’t Özil’s best campaign by any means, but the last month or so has made everyone forget how good he was at times.

From 2nd October to 27th December he scored or assisted in every single league win he played in. He also scored to give Arsenal the lead against Liverpool, but that one ended up in a draw. The rest of the team didn’t carry him to a result once during that period.

There were bad moments too, particularly the League Cup final and the Atletico Madrid tie, but by the end of the season he was clearly playing through an injury when he did start matches. Before that he’d been excellent in the Europa League, with goal contributions in every round until the semi-final.

The statistics show that it was one of his better seasons creatively, even if it clearly wasn’t on the scoring front. Hopefully he can improve on that aspect of his game next season.

Alex Iwobi 4.5

Iwobi didn’t make much progress this season, but he still reached double figures for goals plus assists despite a difficult campaign. His shooting needs a lot of work, but players as young as him have the odd off-season. He only turned 22 this month after all.

He improved in the final month of the campaign, getting a couple of assists against Southampton and a nice goal against Burnley. Now it’s just about building on those sorts of performances and putting them in more regularly.

Next up: New Signings