With 2020 approaching, Goal has decided to pick out the best players to have graced the Emirates Stadium over the past 10 years
Getty ImagesGK: Petr Cech
A tough one to start with.
Arsenal have hardly been blessed when it comes to goalkeepers in the last decade, with a number failing to really grasp the No.1 spot.
Manuel Almunia started as first choice but soon lost his place to Wojciech Szczesny, who broke through in exciting fashion following a loan spell with Brentford.
But inconsistency and questions over his attitude saw Szczesny lose out to David Ospina, before Cech was eventually signed from Chelsea in 2015.
The experienced Czech may not have taken his Stamford Bridge form with him to the Emirates, but he at least brought some stability to the position and enjoyed a solid four years in north London.
He won the Golden Glove in his first season, keeping 16 clean sheets, and went on to make 139 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners.
AdvertisementGettyRB: Bacary Sagna
Bacary Sagna deserved so much more from his time at Arsenal.
Signed from Auxerre in 2007, the right-back went on to spend seven years in north London before leaving for Manchester City in 2014.
Sagna was the model of consistency on the right side of the back four under Arsene Wenger and made 280 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners, setting up 22 goals and scoring five himself. His performances saw him named in the 2010-11 PFA team of the season.
It was fitting that in his final game for the club the Frenchman got to lift the FA Cup, after the win over Hull City at Wembley.
Getty ImagesCB: Laurent Koscielny
He may have left the club under a cloud, but Laurent Koscielny was a near constant in the heart of the Arsenal defence throughout the past decade.
Having arrived from Lorient in 2010, he went on to make 353 appearances in all competitions for the Gunners and was made club captain by Arsene Wenger.
Koscielny scored some vital goals, including the winner on the final day of the season in both 2012 and 2013 to guarantee Arsenal fourth place and secure Champions League football.
The Frenchman also won three FA Cups during his time at the Emirates.
GettyCB: Per Mertesacker
Like Koscielny, Per Mertesacker endured a difficult start to life in England, after signing from Werder Bremen in 2011.
But he soon adapted to English football and formed a solid partnership with the Frenchman which was the bedrock of Arsenal’s defence for the majority of the decade.
He won three FA Cups during his time in north London, even scoring in the 2015 final against Aston Villa.
But his finest moment came in the final against Chelsea in 2017 when, on his only start of the season, he produced a man-of-the-match display as Arsenal beat the Premier League champions 2-1.