Adam Wharton Arsenal transfer makes sense

Last week was a hell of a week for Arsenal.

The win against Nottingham Forest was good, but the manner in which they brushed Sporting and West Ham aside was very, very impressive.

They have got their mojo back. You can see it by the way they are playing. They are confident, they are scoring goals and they are playing with smiles on their faces again.

The Sporting and West Ham games were much more like what we have come to expect from Arsenal. They are moving the ball quickly now and pulling teams out of position. That wasn’t happening earlier on in the season when they were struggling for form and confidence.

Martin Odegaard’s return is obviously central to the turnaround. Mikel Arteta’s team are just a far better side when he is involved. He is central to everything and keeping him fit from this point onwards is obviously absolutely crucial.

The key thing now is maintaining the momentum that has been built up over the last three games because Liverpool are showing no signs of slowing up.

They swatted Manchester City aside with ease on Sunday. It was another big statement from them and if Arsenal are to chase them down it looks like they are going to have to be pretty much perfect from this point on.

Wednesday night’s game against United is huge. United had a decent win against Everton and will be dangerous, especially on the counter attack, but I still think Arsenal will have too much for them if they play well.

Obviously there are some injury doubts ahead of the game. Hopefully Gabriel Magalhaes is fit because he would be a huge loss in both boxes if he doesn’t make it.

There will be a late call made on Thomas Partey. As far as I’m aware the muscle problem that kept him out against West Ham is nothing serious and there is a hope that he will be available.

Jorginho was very good in his absence on Saturday, however, so even if Partey doesn’t make it I would still feel confident with the Italian sitting behind Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice.

When you are nine points behind in a title race all you can do is keep winning. There’s no point focusing on what Liverpool are doing because that is all out of Arsenal’s hands.

The only thing they can control is their own results and they have shown in the past few games that they are getting back to their best. Now they have to continue doing that and see where it takes them.

I did laugh when…