{"id":296314,"date":"2023-11-03T06:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T06:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296314"},"modified":"2023-11-03T06:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T06:24:01","slug":"arsenals-lingering-vieira-headache-as-three-problems-arise-after-west-ham-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/arsenals-lingering-vieira-headache-as-three-problems-arise-after-west-ham-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal’s lingering Vieira headache as three problems arise after West Ham loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal exit the Carabao Cup against West Ham | Football Digest<\/h3>\n

Arsenal have a lingering \u00a334million headache on their hands with Fabio Vieira. The Portuguese star has struggled to make a consistent impact at the Emirates Stadium since moving to the club in the summer of 2022 – and was particularly poor during the Gunner’s 3-1 loss to West Ham on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

In his maiden campaign, Vieira showed promising technical ability but appeared to lack the physicality needed to excel in England’s top flight. Following a productive pre-season that saw the 23-year-old add to this area of his game, Vieira got off to a decent start to the 2023\/2024 campaign, impressing with early displays against Everton and Manchester United,\u00a0in which he came on as a sub, in the league.<\/p>\n

However, his performances have dropped off as of late which has led to him falling out of the starting XI picture again. Vieira was not picked for Arsenal’s trip to Stamford Bridge last month despite being fully fit.<\/p>\n

This comes after Arteta insisted that he “loved” Vieira towards the back end of last season.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re really happy with him, I think he deserves more minutes than he\u2019s had especially in the last two months,\u201d Arteta said in March<\/p>\n

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\u201cObviously he had a difficult start because he was injured as soon as he joined so he required a bit of time to get back to the level that we want.\u00a0You saw tonight he was one of our dangerous players, making things happen and he\u2019s a player that I absolutely love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet it appears Arteta doesn’t quite know where Vieira fits into his system although the Spaniard is now more dependent on him in light of the news that Emile Smith-Rowe is out injured once again. ESR had jumped ahead of Vieira in the pecking order in recent weeks as a backup for Martin Odegaard, who has also experienced a dip in form in his last few games.<\/p>\n

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