Arteta could unleash £20m talent who’s ‘much quicker than Sancho’ for Arsenal tonight, fans should be buzzing – TBR View

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Arsenal head to Chelsea tonight desperately hoping to get back to winning ways in the Premier League.

The Gunners were very much on track right until April 4, when they suffered a shock 3-0 loss at Crystal Palace.

Arsenal went on to lose their next two games, which were also against mid-table opposition.

Now, Mikel Arteta’s charges have a tough away game against one of the league’s strongest teams.

However, there seems to be one piece of good news for Arsenal, namely Takehiro Tomiyasu closing in on a return.

On Tuesday, Arteta said: “Tomiyasu is very, very close.

“We will decide today (Tuesday) after the training session [if he’ll make the squad].”

Arsenal went on to publish training photos, with Tomiyasu featuring prominently.

Arteta could well unleash the 23-year-old against Chelsea, which would be great news for all Arsenal fans.

Tomiyasu has been one of the Gunners’ best players this season since his move for just under £20million last summer.

When Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-2 in December, some Red Devils fans loved what they saw from the Japan international.

For example, one urged United to swap Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford over as Tomiyasu is “much quicker” than Sancho.

While Cedric Soares has deputised well for Tomiyasu for the most part, he really struggled against his old side last time out.

Seeing the summer signing feature in the training-ground pictures and smiling suggests he’s fully fit and available against Chelsea.