The boys make their way out onto the pitch...

...but new Swansea boss Paul Clement holds back, before getting a standing ovation from the home supporters.

How will his first league game go? Kick-off is minutes away.

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This is now a vital game for Arsenal after north London and top-four rivals Tottenham thrashed West Brom in the lunchtime kick-off.

Striker Harry Kane netted a hat-trick for Spurs, who move up to second in the table.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, asked if his future could dictate whether Mesut Ozil signs a new contract: "No, not necessarily. He would like to know what happens on the managerial front of course, but I don't think that's the main part of his decision.

"I think it's part of it, but it's not the only thing. There are many other ingredients in every negotiation. Hopefully we will find a conclusion with him very quickly.

"Let's not forget that all these players [Ozil and Alexis Sanchez] have 18 months to go [on their contracts]. That's a very long time in football."

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That's 20 goals and 10 assists.

Still hasn't signed a new contract yet though.

John Hartson
Ex-Wales striker on BBC Radio 5 live

It's a huge afternoon for Swansea, they need to start winning games.

There are plenty of points to play for but they way they've been defending, the fans won't be feeling confident.

Paul Clement has to get it right and has to get it right early on.

Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at the Liberty Stadium

Swansea City's new head coach Paul Clement has already made one signing since his appointment earlier this month, with Dutch international winger Luciano Narsingh joining from PSV Eindhoven.

It looks like there could be another two new arrivals next week, with Tottenham midfielder Tom Carroll - who spent the 2014-15 season on loan at Swansea - and Norwich left-back Martin Olsson close to completing their transfers.

Carroll's deal is worth around £4.5m, while the fee for Olsson is thought to be £4m.

Game over if Arsenal score first today...

Swansea head coach Paul Clement on the appointment of Claude Makelele as his assistant: "He will bring a different dynamic to the backroom staff.

"I knew him briefly as a player at Chelsea, but much better when we worked together as assistants at Paris St-Germain.

"We both assisted Carlo Ancelotti and worked together for 18 months. He has a wealth of experience of playing at the highest level.

"He understands the game. He knows and smells football and is very good with people as well."

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John Hartson
Ex-Wales striker on BBC Radio 5 live

I think Paul Clement will have given Swansea assurances that he will stick with them if they do go down and Swansea will have told him he will be their man to bring them back up.

So they've safeguarded themselves but they still don't want to go down - they're only a point behind Crystal Palace and four points behind Middlesbrough.

A lot of people have written Swansea off but there are far too many points to play for.

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Bullet In The Gun playing at the Liberty Stadium as the Swansea players are put through their warm-up, led by new coach Claude Makelele.

A throwback to my teens. Great times.

Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at the Liberty Stadium

Swansea City head coach Paul Clement makes four changes from the FA Cup defeat at Hull last Saturday, with goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, defender Alfie Mawson, midfielder Wayne Routledge and striker Fernando Llorente returning in place of Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Mike van der Hoorn, Leroy Fer and Borja Baston.

Swansea XI: Fabianski; Naughton, Mawson, Fernandez, Kingsley; Cork, Ki; Dyer, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Llorente.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger also makes four changes from the FA Cup win over Preston, with recalls for goalkeeper Petr Cech, defender and captain Laurent Koscielny, midfielder Mesut Ozil and forward Alexis Sanchez after they were rested at Deepdale. Out go David Ospina, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Lucas Perez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Arsenal XI: Cech, Gabriel, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Ramsey, Xhaka; Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez; Giroud.

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Chelsea, Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich.

Paul Clement's impressive CV includes some of the biggest clubs in the world, but the Englishman has now rocked up at Swansea.

He is the Welsh side's third boss of the season and they are in trouble at the wrong end of the Premier League table.

He's won Champions League and Premier League titles, but keeping the Swans afloat come May could well turn into Clement's greatest achievement.