Greizmann’s Arsenal XI on Football Manager includes only Lacazette from the Gunners but features Bournemouth ace Mepham

ALEXANDRE LACAZETTE is the only Arsenal man to make the cut in Antoine Griezmann’s Football Manager 2019 team, the French forward dumping almost every Gunners player from his squad. Griezmann is a big fan of the computer sim series and posted his current selection to Instagram on Monday night. It has sparked lots of discussion […]

ALEXANDRE LACAZETTE is the only Arsenal man to make the cut in Antoine Griezmann’s Football Manager 2019 team, the French forward dumping almost every Gunners player from his squad.

Griezmann is a big fan of the computer sim series and posted his current selection to Instagram on Monday night.

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It has sparked lots of discussion over who the Atletico Madrid star rates, with very few Gunners players apparently worth keeping.

Joining Lacazette in a 4-2-3-1 formation are rising star midfielders such as Joao Felix, the Benfica player tipped for a mega move to Juventus, and Barcelona-bound Frenkie de Jong.

However there is a surprise face in Bournemouth defender Chris Mepham.

Clearly I’m Head and Shoulders above all the other defenders…

Mepham on being in the team

The Welsh international, 21, joined from Brentford in January and is already a first-team regular at Vitality Stadium.

Another Premier League mainstay signed by Griezmann is Jordan Pickford, with left-back Andrew Robertson backing up Alex Telles from the bench.

Current Arsenal defender Sokratis is the only player other than Lacazette kept around at Emirates Stadium, sat on the bench behind Mepham and Ajax’s Matthijs de Ligt.

After the official Wales national team Twitter declared “Griezmann knows” at the centre-back’s appearance in his XI, the player himself saw the funny side.

“Clearly I’m Head and Shoulders above all the other defenders in his opinion,” joked Mepham, referencing Griezmann’s shampoo sponsorship deal.