Oleksandr Zinchenko will play in the left-wing position.
The Ukrainian defender will be completing his move to Arsenal as early as this week from Manchester City.
He will be Arsenal’s fifth signing of the summer and has joined as a backup to Kieran Tierney.
But Noel Whelan believes the Man City man will more likely play in the left-wing position in Arteta’s XI.
He tells Football Insider: “I don’t see Zinchenko playing at left-back, to be honest with you.
“I see him playing further up the field, on that left wing. That’s going to be a real partnership – Tierney and Zinchenko.
“They can chop and change as much as they want on that side, in attack and defence – I think it’s a really exciting proposition.
“I’d be very surprised if Tierney were to drop down the pecking order as a result of this deal. In my opinion, I’m thinking Arteta has got a plan for both of them in this Arsenal side.
“Zinchenko is more suited to an attacking role, for me, anyway. He links up very well and I think he’ll settle in very nicely.”
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