The diminutive left footer, who is usually deployed in the No10 position, was all the talk before the game following his managers comments on Tuesday. He broke into the team aged 16, and ended up captaining the Gunners for three years before rejoining boyhood club Barca in an emotional £30million move. Yet again, he was another who swapped positions, from defensive midfield to centre-half, and the decision reaped instant rewards. United have failed to gel so far this season and the majority of the blame must go on Jose Mourinho. The skipper who turns 31 next month turned in?yet another lacklustre performance against Northampton. s and now faces a tough task at Arsenal this weekendAcross the division there are big matches with key issues at stake, so SunSport has run the rule over the big talking points ahead of this weekend’s fixturesWill Wayne Rooney be droppedThe United captain has looked off the pace all season, and was woeful in last week’s 3-1 defeat at Watford. I would love to see everybody go with the right expectations to these games. 5million from Borussia Dortmund at the start of that season. I knew I was going to come on but I was itching to come on earlier. mier League clash, and said his men need to maintain their aggressive style of play.