Martin Odegaard is more important to Arsenal than Mikel Arteta, who is stuck in his ways and was taught a lesson by Simone Inzaghi in defeat to Inter. Whether for Arsenal or England, “Bukayo Saka has to play on the right.

“I think demanding that is not very realistic,” said Arteta. “It’s about the collective and every player taking ownership of what we have to do in attack and doing it better more consistently. “But certainly, having a player like Martin helps ...

Martin Odegaard will have two weeks to get back up to full strength during the international break but will now not be joined by two key teammates.