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After making a arguable transportation from Tottenham successful 2001, Sol Campbell won 2 league titles and 3 FA Cups with Arsenal, arsenic good arsenic scoring successful the 2006 Champions League final.
Alongside him was Ivorian Kolo Toure - moulded by Wenger from a cardinal midfielder into 1 of the league's finest centre-backs.
Both were cardinal parts of Arsenal's 'Invincible' season.
At right-back, Ivorian Emmanuel Eboue was a cult fig astatine Arsenal nether Wenger, making 214 appearances betwixt 2005 - 2011.
Meanwhile, Cole is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the champion left-backs successful the past of the Premier League. He was portion of the Gunners' 'Invincibles' broadside of 2003-04, arsenic good arsenic the Chelsea broadside that scored a then-record 103 goals successful 2009-10.
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For Arteta's side, French centre-back William Saliba is ever reliable and was voted successful the Professional Footballers' Association squad of the twelvemonth 3 consecutive seasons betwixt 2023 and 2025.
Alongside him, Gabriel is different contender for Arsenal's subordinate of the season. As good arsenic being coagulated astatine the back, helium ended the Premier League play with 7 extremity involvements (three goals, 4 assists).
Since 2000, the brace fertile 2nd down Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic successful presumption of Premier League partnerships with the astir cleanable sheets.
With Ben White injured, Arsenal fans volition beryllium hoping that Dutch defender Jurrien Timber can marque it backmost from wounded successful clip to play right-back against PSG's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Meanwhile, Arteta has options astatine left-back and has rotated this play betwixt Italian full-back Riccardo Calafiori, Ecuadorian defender Piero Hincapie and academy graduate Myles Lewis-Skelly.
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