Ainsley Maitland-Niles

Ainsley Maitland-Niles

The future does look pretty bleak for the 22-year-old, despite having had a promising start under Arteta. He started the first five league games following the Spaniard’s appointment but has only played a handful of minutes since January.


With Hector Bellerin, Cedric and Sokratis ahead of him for the right-back slot, and no potential game-time likely in central midfield, the writing appears to be on the wall for Maitland-Niles.