I think Saliba-Luiz-Gabriel to start the season gives both guys a few opportunities to make mistakes and settle in. Also gives us more time to sort out the midfield as it is looking more and more likely that our business in this department will not happen until later in the window based on the fact that there have been very few concrete links over the past few weeks for players in this position.
I reckon we will start the first few weeks of the season with:
-Saliba-Luiz-Gabriel-
---Xhaka--Willock---
That spine makes Willian very important in the early weeks as he will be the only creative component in the front five.
Hopefully as we progress through the window we are able to lock down either Partey or Ceballos (ideally both) and then transition to Arteta's favoured 433.
