The Armenia international is on loan at Stadio Olimpico for the 2019/20 season, after struggling to convince at the Emirates Stadium following his move in January 2018. Mkhitaryan is on huge £180,000-a-week wages at Arsenal, which perhaps put him under pressure to deliver consistently.
Maybe Arteta will take a closer look at him in the summer, but it would be too surprising to see Mkhitaryan’s Italian job turned permanent. The midfielder arrived at Arsenal as part of a swap deal that saw Alexis Sanchez move to Manchester United and after some early promise, he faded for the Gunners.