Thierry Henry worried for Arsenal ahead Europa clash

Thierry Henry has aired his concerns over the depth of Arsenal’s squad and suggested it could be a limiting factor to their success in the Europa League.

Arsenal are set to face FC Zurich in the Europa League this evening but they will be without Emile Smith Rowe, Thomas Partey, Mohamed Elneny and Reiss Nelson.

However, Henry did back Gabriel Jesus, William Saliba, Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka to carry Mikel Arteta’s team this season.

Speaking to CBS via the Mirror, Henry said: ‘I worry about the Europa League. Why? Because of the depth of the team.

‘I think the starting XI is good enough, but when you’re going to go into those games at one point during the season, a long season, it might be a bit much. But I can see a team and togetherness, and I like that.’

Arteta said he was happy with his squad’s depth following the club’s business in the transfer window but shared his concern over the amount of injuries his players have picked up since.

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Arteta admitted there was still a lot of work to do but praised the club’s recruitment team for bringing in the players he wanted.

The Arsenal boss said: ‘We had a lot of things still to do with squad. Look at the departures compared to what we’ve recruited. The club has done a phenomenal job to bring players with the profiles we wanted.’

Arsenal signed five players, including Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City, but failed to secure a deal for Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa, who reportedly rejected three offers.

Speaking about their dilemma, Arteta said: ‘We don’t have that many players available, unfortunately, with injuries we’ve picked up in the last two weeks.