A major selection headache for Arteta involves Jurrien Timber, who has been sidelined since March with a groin injury. The Dutchman is desperate to feature against PSG, specifically to deal with the threat of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who has been in devastating form for the French giants this season with 10 goals and six assists in the competition.
“[Timber] is maybe the one player in the world of football who could handle him," Keown explained. “So because of that he will be given a bit more time. Ordinarily, somebody who’d been out that long, you’d say: ‘Okay, it’s too late’. Because he hasn’t played for, what, 10 games, 11 games? But he’s quite a unique player. The way that he has that mobility and the way that he’s able to pinch the ball, and he’s very aggressive and very much a contact defender. PSG’s wingers are really aggressive when they take the game to you, and you have to be able to match that.”