Football: Some players shine in the spotlight, while others quietly shape the game from the shadows. Mikel Merino falls into the latter category, a midfield maestro who might not always make the ...

Paul Merson has backed Smith-Rowe to reclaim an England place following his move to Fulham this season but a man brought in to fill his void is more of the type of midfielder that Arteta prefers.

Arsenal ’s Mikel Merino says he is ‘getting a taste’ for his new role as the team’s centre forward having been propelled up ...

Mikel Merino has joked that he is "getting a taste" for playing as a makeshift striker, having admirably plugged the gap in ...

The only goal of the game came midway through the first-half as Mikel Merino headed home Martin Odegaard’s corner. In a ...

Read on for our player ratings as title-chasing Arsenal welcomes London rivals Chelsea in a Premier League showdown.

The once-fearsome Arsenal set-piece attack ended their dead ball scoreless streak as a Mikel Merino header gave the Gunners a 1-0 derby win over Chelsea at the Emirates on Sunday.

The results alone make for grim reading, but in Leicester's second-ball struggles, we can highlight much of where they are ...

Analysing one of the basics of football, from Sunday League all the way to the Premier League - even Pep Guardiola agrees ...

Tierney on the left wing, Raheem Sterling on the right and midfielder Mikel Merino as a makeshift striker. Arteta could never have imagined he would be using this starting line-up to secure a ...

The 29-year-old's age likely means the winger would be seen as a short-term solution to Arsenal's current offensive problems, but given they have had to use midfielder Mikel Merino and left-back ...

On what proved to be an encouraging night for Arsenal's attack, concerns were also raised about Mikel Arteta's defence. While William Saliba and Jurrien Timber were handed some much-needed rest ...