I know a lot of Arsenal fans will agree with me on this, if Arsene Wenger was still the manager, I don’t think he would have spent £50m on Ezri Konsa if he knew William Saliba wasn’t going to be out for the entire season. After Christian Mosquera’s performance against Man City in the Community Shield and what Marli Salmon showed during pre season, Wenger would probably have trusted Mosquera to start. If Mosquera got injured or suspended, he would have thrown Salmon in and waited for Saliba to recover. That was Wenger. He trusted young players, sometimes to a level that frustrated us. He would have looked at Konsa being 28 and probably questioned spending £50m on a defender approaching 30 when he already had two talented young centre backs developing at the club. I’m not saying Mikel Arteta signing Konsa is a bad decision. Having another experienced and proven defender could be very important, especially when you’re trying to compete for every trophy. I’m simply reminding people of what life under Wenger was like. Mosquera is only 22 and Salmon is just 16. Training every day alongside experienced defenders, playing when opportunities come and learning from their mistakes is part of their development. By the time Mosquera is 25 and Salmon is 19, they could be ready to take over from some of the experienced defenders we have now.