But that's Wenger's policy, not individual decisions made by their defenders.
It's an unusual strategy, but not necessarily an incorrect one. How many times do you see a team concentrate on just defending a lead in the last 10 minutes, but end up surrendering all the initiative and conceding through too much fear and passivity?
This is when they're getting pumped 3-0 after 20 minutes and the other team is still dominating.
15m and 70k+ a week - there's got to be better value on the market than an injury prone fullback. He's made less professional appearances than Sturridge at the same age.
I'm all for gambling on young English players. Or a top class PL player like Sturridge. But i'm unsure of how good this lad is, it's a massive fee, massive wages and he's injury prone.
His recent injury record is pretty decent though isnt it? Its just a case of being a benchwarmer
I'd personally take the risk, we would struggle to find a better left back than Gibbs