Arsenal legend Ian Wright has called on Mikel Arteta to ditch three of his senior players and give the youngsters "a blast at it" after the Gunners' latest embarrassment. Arteta's side went down 1-0 at home to Burnley on Sunday night. With Arsenal stuck down in 15th, Wright says that the time has come to move some of the senior players aside. “The manager has stuck with him [Xhaka] for a while,” Wright told Premier League Productions. “He has shown a lot of faith in him. I think he has done the same with Willian. He has done the same with (Alexandre) Lacazette. There are players now that should be getting a blast at it now. "Throw in Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith-Rowe coming back on-loan and doing well at Huddersfield last season. Joe Willock, Ainsley Maitland-Niles. You need to do something different because if it carries on like this and he continues to have faith in these players, and they are not delivering, then I don’t know what’s going to happen next." Wright says that while in most cases you would hope to rely on your senior players getting you out of trouble, the Gunners' current crop simply aren't delivering. “It’s a time when you need experienced players the most," he added. "I feel like at this particular moment, he has had a lot of faith in them and they have kind of let him down up to this point. I think Arsenal are at a real crisis point in terms of confidence. It’s going to be even lower now and it’s going to take something to build them up. This is why it needs some freshness. Just blood some fresh impetus.”
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