Mikel Arteta spoke about the potential impact of Jude Bellingham on the playing time of a £12 million transfer for Arsenal.

Stuart Robson, a former Arsenal player, has cautioned that Jude Bellingham has the potential to compel Mikel Arteta to exclude one of his crucial players.

Arsenal is now experiencing a prosperous season under the management of Arteta, and is vigorously competing for victory in two significant championships. Arsenal currently holds the third position in the Premier League standings and is competing with Liverpool and Manchester City. A win against Brentford on Saturday may potentially propel them to the top of the table.

Arsenal is currently in the last-16 stage of the Champions League and is scheduled to play the second leg against Porto next week. Arsenal is currently behind 1-0 as they enter the match at the Emirates Stadium, due to a goal scored by Galeno in stoppage time at the Estadio do Dragao.

Arteta and his team will have to overcome the one-goal disadvantage in order to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the championship. Four teams, namely Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, and Paris Saint-Germain, have already guaranteed their spot in the quarter-finals.

If Arsenal can advance beyond Porto, they may perhaps see Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, where they would confront Bellingham. Since his transfer from Real Madrid last summer, the England international has scored 20 goals in 31 matches while playing in midfield for Madrid. It is rumored that his value might be as high as £114 million (€133.9 million).