starmandb wrote:They have gone on loan not sold
If they are good enough
They will play regardless of age
Loads of players become better in the mind when they are not playing
Tierney, Gabriel, saka, smith Rowe, odegaard have had plenty of minutes just recently
Tierney is 23.
Gabriel is 23.
Odegaard is slightly different as he's come in on loan - ironically to take minutes away from one of our talented youngsters - ESR, who has only played 952 minutes in the PL this season.
Saka is probably the only youth / young player that has had a good amount of game time.
Sending players out on loan is still the same as not giving them a chance here.
Being good enough doesn't seem to be the formula with Arteta - otherwise, a lot of the older players who simply haven't been good enough would have been dropped.