Is Arteta to blame for Arsenal's injury list?
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With the Premier League season about to return, BBC Sport's Alex Howell has been answering your questions on Arsenal.
In a special Q&A across Thursday and Friday, he gets stuck into squad problems, the transfer window and future plans.
For this first part, he takes a look at the mounting injuries for boss Mikel Arteta.
Mark asked: Just wondering why the Arsenal injury list appears to have piled up under Arteta. Do you think it comes down to training methods?
Alex said: There will definitely be questions about that, particularly as Arsenal have now had two seasons in a row where they have had a large number of players injured.
But it's a very difficult thing to judge. The fixture schedule is massive while most of the players play for their countries too, which adds to the load.
Arsenal do train extremely hard though and they assess the robustness of players when deciding if they are going to bring them in.
Arteta has said that the medical department and club are always looking at reasons why they pick up certain injuries. I am sure training methods will be included in that.