Bukayo Saka to play as a number 10 in Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers | OneFootball

Arsenal play Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League tonight and Gunners manager Mikel Arteta has decided to deploy Bukayo Saka as a number 10, according to Team News and Ticks.

The Gunners account, famous for leaking team news about the Emirates Stadium club on the internet and followed by the likes of Dharmesh Sheth, David Ornstein, Fabrizio Romano and Gary Jacobs on X (formerly known as Twitter), has been a trusted source concerning all things Arsenal for months.

They claimed this evening shortly before the official line-up for the Wolves game that the forward will be playing centrally in midfield.

Noni Madueke will be playing in attack alongside Viktor Gyokeres and Gabriel Martinelli.

Arteta played Saka as a number 10 against Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup on Sunday, with an injury to Riccardo Calafiori during the warm-up changing his plans.

Myles Lewis-Skelly was due to play in midfield in the game but dropped back to left-back after the Italian defender got injured.

Arteta brought Saka, who had been initially named on the bench, in to play in midfield as a number 10, claiming after the match he could play there more regularly going forward.

The Gunners winger impressed at the weekend and the Arsenal boss has again decided to start him in midfield tonight rather than line him up in his usual position on the wing.

The North London club are ready to attack against the 20th-place Wolves and it is unsurprising that Arteta will be open to experimenting with his tactics tonight.

A win at Molineux tonight will put them seven points ahead of Manchester City, who play Newcastle United on Saturday, and picking up all three points tonight will hand them a much-needed boost.