CM: Francis Coquelin
Age: 23
Back in the first team by chance and circumstance but took his opportunity with both hands and could potentially be a mainstay in the Arsenal XI for the next few years. The player they’ve needed for so long.
CM: Aaron Ramsey
Age: 24
Couldn’t continue the heady heights of last season at the start of this campaign but then again neither could Arsenal.
But after a number of injuries, he finally looks like he might be back to his best as one of the most devastating box-to-box midfielders in the business.
RAM: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Age: 21
Another rung up the ladder for Oxlade-Chamberlain in a season that’s seen him become more of a permanent fixture in the first-team, a remarkable feat given the number of injuries that have quite literally hamstrung him several times already in the campaign.