Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is under increasing pressure after seeing his side lose their first two matches of the Premier League season. Antonio Conte is currently out of work since leaving Inter Milan at the end of the last campaign. Some have called for Arsenal to attempt to lure the former Chelsea boss to the Emirates and Express Sport has picked an XI Conte could pick if he took over from Arteta.
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Conte's arrival could rejuvenate the career of Ainsley Maitland-Niles at Arsenal.
He would be the best-suited to playing as the right wing-back in the current squad.
Bukayo Saka has played as a left wing-back for both club and country before and made his name in that position during his early days in the Gunners first team.
Thomas Partey and Granit Xhaka are the two likeliest central midfielders Conte would go for.
However, the start Albert Sambi Lokonga has made at the club could put Xhaka's spot under threat.
Martin Odegaard and Emile Smith Rowe could play as inverted No 10s under Conte.
It could mirror how the current Chelsea team uses the likes of Kai Havertz and Mason Mount.
Odegaard and Smith Rowe drifting inside would allow the likes of Maitland-Niles and Saka to go beyond them on the outside.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could get the nod over Alexandre Lacazette as the main striker.
Arsenal need a goalscorer and Aubameyang's track record proves he is that.
How Arsenal could line up under Antonio Conte: Ramsdale; White, Gabriel, Tierney; Maitland-Niles, Partey, Xhaka, Saka; Odegaard, Aubameyang, Smith Rowe.