However, Wenger has repeatedly been linked with the 28-year-old striker. Yet again, he was another who swapped positions, from defensive midfield to centre-half, and the decision reaped instant rewards. Carrick as Uniteds Andrea Pirlo Make it happen, Jose. PATRICK VAN AANHOLT was caught smoking a shisha pipe just over a month before he was sensationally pulled out of Sunderlands side at Tottenham due to health fears. Getty Images9Daniel Sturridge started for Liverpool in their 2-1 win away to Chelsea in the PremGett. I would love to see everybody go with the right expectations to these games. It was later alleged he had been hit by pizza thrown at him by an Arsenal?midfielder, Cesc Fabregas. ARSENAL are being lined up for a takeover by Africa’s richest man. e tackle as he was classy in his passingBacary SagnaSome Arsenal fans will say Lauren did the job of finally filling the boots of club legend Lee Dixon. In his first season at Highbury, the pony-tailed defensive midfielder won the Premier League and FA .