goon he was carrying an injury.
He started almost every game until he was left completely out of the squad in the loss against Everton at the end of December. He was an unused sub in the next game against Southampton. He was in the squad for every game between then and the end of the season aside from the games against Wolves and Watford at the start of March. Was deemed fit enough to come off the bench almost every week aside from those 4 games mentioned earlier.
Between being taken out of the squad and the end of the season he started 8 games, was subbed on in 13 games, was an unused sub in 2 games and not included in the squad in 3 games. So he seemed pretty fit to me but who knows, maybe he wasn't fit enough according to our medics.
This season he's been fit since January/February and he doesn't even get a look in. Not saying Arteta hates him, but there's no way I can believe Arteta thinks Vieira will be a better choice for us in the 8 role when we need goals. I can understand not starting ESR regularly in place of either wide forward of Xhaka. But being behind Vieira at this point in time is very strange.
