It is telling that Arsene Wenger put Per Mertesacker straight back into the team against Everton immediately after the German returned from suspension. Captain Thomas Vermaelen was fit and did ...

a strange and unfamiliar sensation came over Per Mertesacker, the team’s young centre-half. “I was relieved,” he remembered later. “All I thought was: it’s over, it’s over. It’s ...

The start of this season appears set to be a crucial period for Arsenal's Per Mertesacker. Unlike many of his team-mates, he enjoyed a summer off and looked likely to begin the campaign in Arsene ...

Per Mertesacker played 24 times for Arsenal in the Premier League last season as they finished runners-up. Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker, who is yet to play this season because of injury ...