It's going to be a challenging few months for Arsenal. Bukayo Saka's injury has left the Gunners reeling. Mikel Arteta though is relishing the chance to find a solution.
"I think (having to deal with Saka's absence will make me a better coach)," he told reporters on Monday. "And obviously we started the season with one of the thinnest squads in the Premier League, we knew that. Okay, so what do we need then? If we are the thinnest, what do we need? And really dig into that and make sure that we utilise every player in the best possible potential, everybody has to feel part of it.
"You need to rediscover players in different positions, relationships. It’s a great one, honestly. It’s a really good exercise and the boys are willing to do anything we demand them to do, so that’s a really good thing as well."
No option is currently off the table. Arteta himself admitted that he is not yet sure how he intends to replace the England international who has either scored or assisted 49% of Arsenal's Premier League and Champions League goals.
"I am putting some ideas together," he said. "I haven’t got there yet. But I have a few. Then I want to speak with them as well to understand how we are going to generate that and take it in a positive way. Because that is going to mean we are going to be different.
"We went through the period with Martin, the period with five or six defenders missing, the period without many other players. We will continue to do that, finding ways and taking it with positive energy."
One solution that has been touted is the idea of Kai Havertz at right wing. The German has played either in midfield or up front since his £65million arrival from Chelsea last summer, but he has played on the right wing in the past.
He played there for Chelsea nine times but scored just once. Arteta may be more enthused by his spell at Bayer Leverkusen where Havertz played on the right 30 times, scoring 17 goals and grabbing seven assists.
At 6ft 5ins Havertz is by no means a typical right winger. But the German has the creative guile and willingness to work for the team that could make him an asset.
If Arteta does want to move him out wide then, of course, he'll have to find someone to play through the middle. The obvious candidate up top seems to be Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian has rediscovered a scoring touch in the past week, netting five times in just two matches.
The most recent of these games came at Selhurst Park on Friday where Havertz dropped into midfield to help complete a 5-1 demolition job of Crystal Palace. If Havertz is on the right though, who plays at left eight?
The answer to that question would appear to be Declan Rice. Rice grabbed a goal and an assist after coming on in a more advanced role against Palace. He has played much of his football there this season, and Arteta has insisted that he could feature there even more often.
"With the squad that we have he needs to be versatile," he told reporters on Monday. "With the qualities that he has he needs to be versatile. With the brain that he has he needs to be versatile. With the age that he has he needs to be versatile.
"He can offer so much in relation to the opponent, to the needs in the squad. Putting Declan in a box, there’s no point in my opinion."
Arteta has generally been a fan of moving as few pieces as possible to accommodate for absences in the past. Saka is no ordinary absentee though. Right now nothing can be ruled out, and the versatility of the Arsenal squad could play a huge role in helping them get through this period.