Julio Pleguezuelo

Arsenal’s u23 team selection against Blackburn Rovers revealed a big issue the Gunners will have at left-back, when they face FC Vorskla at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday.

Julio Pleguezuelo joined the Arsenal first-team squad for training on Wednesday, in a sign that his impressive academy performances might get him senior chances this season.

Eddie Nketiah scored twice for the Arsenal u23s as they managed to get their first win of the new campaign against West Ham United on Friday.

Julio Pleguezuelo completed his loan spell with Gimnastic de Tarragona on Saturday, but it doesn’t look likely he’ll return to play for the Arsenal first team.

Now that the 2017/18 campaign has come to an end, let’s take a look at how Arsenal’s 15 loanees got on with their temporary clubs this season.

Julio Pleguezuelo is set to return from his tear in the abductor muscle this weekend, with all the signs pointing to a start for the centre-back on loan at Gimnastic.

In total, Arsenal sent 15 players on loan this season between the summer and January windows, so let’s take a look at how those spells are going for each of them.

Lucas Perez and Chuba Akpom both scored this weekend, but only six of Arsenal’s 15 loanees featured for their current clubs.

Lucas Perez provided an assist but added another game to his goal drought, as seven Arsenal loanees featured over the weekend.

Joel Campbell was named in Monday night’s squad for Real Betis and Kelechi Nwakali scored an impressive brace, as eight Arsenal loanees featured this weekend.

Jeff Reine-Adelaide made it two wins in two starts and Lucas Perez played his 14th match without a goal, as six Arsenal loanees featured over the weekend.

Lucas Perez missed a penalty to make it 13 games without a goal and Ben Sheaf returned from injury for his first game with new loan club Stevenage, as nine Arsenal loanees featured over the weekend.

Chuba Akpom scored the winner against Anderlecht and Lucas Perez’s goal drought grew longer as Arsenal’s loanees endured a mixed weekend.

Kelechi Nwakali got an assist as MVV Maastricht won their first game since his return to the club while Jeff Reine-Adelaide made his Angers debut after his own January loan move.

Julio Pleguezuelo and Chuba Akpom made debuts for their new loan clubs over the weekend, as only two loanees played from start to finish.

Julio Pleguezuelo has officially joined Nàstic Tarragona on loan until the end of the season. 

For a January transfer window, Arsenal have been extremely busy this month. We’ve rounded up all the news as it stands, in case you missed any of it.

Julio Pleguezuelo is set to join Segunda club Nàstic on loan until the end of the season.

FC Köln captain Matthias Lehmann admits that Arsenal are big favourites to win Thursday night’s Europa League meeting.

Arsenal have added seven more youth players to the Europa League squad, ahead of the Gunners’ first game against FC Köln tonight.