Gary Neville names only worry Mikel Arteta has in his Arsenal squad

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal squad is looking incredibly strong (Picture: Getty Images)

Arsenal ’s squad is strong and deep in almost every area, with only one concern for manager Mikel Arteta , believes Gary Neville .

The Gunners are now six points clear at the top of the Premier League table after a rousing 4-1 win over Tottenham on Sunday.

A Leandro Trossard opener followed by an Ebere Eze hat-trick conjured up a memorable afternoon for the home side at the Emirates.

Arteta’s side were very impressive and that was with the likes of Gabriel Magalhaes, Martin Odegaard, Viktor Gyokeres, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus all out injured.

Such is the strength of Arsenal’s squad, that even with those players out, Arteta still had impressive options including Myles Lewis-Skelly, Noni Madueke, Gabriel Martinelli and Ben White on the bench.

Neville thinks the Gunners have two options in pretty much every area of the pitch, although says there is one irreplaceable player and an injury could derail their excellent season.

That man is Declan Rice, who Neville thinks brings a unique skillset to the team and Arteta will be desperate to keep fit.

Declan Rice turned in yet another good display for Arsenal against Spurs (Picture: Getty Images)

‘The interesting thing is they’ve got [Riccardo] Calafiori and [Jurrien] Timber at full-back. Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ben White are probably better going forward, although there’s not much between White and Timber,’ he said on the Gary Neville Podcast . ‘They’ve got real options at full-back, real options at centre-back.

‘The only player you’d be worried about losing for a period of time would be Declan Rice because you can’t replace that.

‘That’s your Roy Keane , that’s your Rodri , the player that holds you together. There’s only one of them.

‘They have got options if he wasn’t there, but you’d never be able to replace the ability of him to be powerful on set-pieces, his running, his tackling, his impact on the game going forward.

Rice has scored twice for Arsenal so far this season (Picture: Getty Images)

‘I’m really happy with Arsenal watching them this season, I like watching good teams play football.’

Neville now expects Arsenal to win the Premier League title this season and, although this campaign will come too early, add the Champions League to their collection in the near future.

‘It’s not only a squad that should go on and win the Premier League, it’s a squad that I can see winning the Champions League in the next two or three years,’ said the Manchester United hero.

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Piero Hincapie delivered an assured performance in his first league start (Picture: Getty)

Wilson Odobert struggled down the Spurs left (Picture: Getty)