Wenger’s Wizards: Arsenal’s top five creative players this season

Santi Cazorla – 25

Though having been ousted as Arsene Wenger’s foremost creator and, as a result, undergoing a less glittering season than last time out, Cazorla has nonetheless played a significant role in the league-leaders’ campaign so far.

The Spaniard is one of the division’s most pleasing players to watch and his genuine two-footedness is not only a great rarity but offers a tremendous advantage against defenders whose default objective is to show opponents into their weak side. The notion of a ‘weak’ side doesn’t exist in Cazorla’s world, and perhaps one of the key reasons that Arsenal could indeed maintain their title-challenge across the rest of the season is that the ingenious playmaker is yet to properly crackle into life.