Arsenal’s No.7 shirt has been worn by some brilliant players over the years, but it has a curious history in the Premier League era.
Bukayo Saka is the eighth player to wear the jersey since the English top flight introduced official squad numbers in the 1993-94 season.
We’ve ranked every player to wear the No.7 shirt for Arsenal in the Premier League era from worst to best.
8. Nelson Vivas
Despite being a right-back, Vivas was given the No.7 shirt after joining Arsenal from Boca Juniors in 1998.
The Argentina international was mainly used as backup for established full-backs Lee Dixon and Nigel Winterburn, making just 40 Premier League appearances for the club.
After loan spells at Celta Vigo and River Plate, he joined Inter Milan on a free transfer in 2001.
Who remembers Nelson Vivas?
Well, it’s his birthday today – so let’s look back at his one and only Arsenal goal 🎈 pic.twitter.com/qK8LL9StoK
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 18, 2016
7. Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Mkhitaryan joined the Gunners in January 2018 and enjoyed a brilliant start to his Arsenal career, registering a hat-trick of assists on his debut.
But he failed to establish himself as a regular in the team and the attacking midfielder was eventually deemed surplus to requirements by Unai Emery.
“Emery paid more attention to tactics, so my role changed,” Mkhitaryan told FourFourTwo in November 2019.
“I was starting as a winger, but had to build play with the defensive midfielder. It’s why I couldn’t contribute as many goals or assists.
“I like to play more freely and move wherever there’s space, but you have to do the job that the manager asks.”
The 34-year-old has since rekindled his careerin Italy, moving to the Roma on a permanent deal after a successful loan spell back in 2019-20. Nowadays he’s turning out for Inter.
6. Kevin Campbell
Campbell was part of the side which won the First Division title in 1991 and later became the first Arsenal player to be officially assigned the No.7 in the Premier League.
The striker scored 19 goals in all competitions in 1993-94 and helped the club win the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
He fell down the pecking order following Dennis Bergkamp’s arrival in 1995 and decided to joined Nottingham Forest in search of regular first-team football.
“You have got to remember I was a London boy and I supported the club so it was a special time to play for them,” Campbell told us.
“I couldn’t afford to go to games when I was…
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