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Mkhitaryan's goalscoring return and FA Cup heartbreak - How Arsenal's 10 loan stars are faring

It's time to check in on those playing their football away from Arsenal this season.

A busy summer of incomings at the Emirates Stadium resulted in the likes of Laurent Koscielny, Alex Iwobi and Carl Jenkinson leaving on permanent deals.

While others left temporarily to get some first-team football under their belts this season.

Therefore, the Gunners currently have 10 players out on loan - here's a look at how they have all been getting on around the world.

Jordi Osei-Tutu

Life in Germany initially got off to a rotten start as the youngster was racially abused during a pre-season friendly back in July, reducing him to tears.

"I am very disappointed about what happened," he told the official Arsenal website. "No one should ever be subject to any discrimination and it is really hard to understand how a fellow professional footballer could do this.

"Arsenal and Bochum have provided great support to me and I hope that if nothing else, we can show that racism has no place within football."

But on the pitch things had started well for Osei-Tutu as he found the net for VfL Bochum in a 3-3 draw against Wehen Wiesbaden and was being used in a right-wing role at times.

However, he then found first-team opportunities for the next month and returned as a late substitute in the German Cup loss against Bayern Munich at the end of October.

Since then he's featured three times - taking his appearances to nine for the campaign - but was left on the bench at the weekend.

Daniel Ballard

The teenager made his League debut as Swindon Town beat Scunthorpe United on the opening weekend of the new season, helping to keep a clean sheet away from home.

Three days later he was on the scoresheet in a EFL Trophy loss at the hands of Chelsea.

He returned to the starting XI as Town were beaten 3-0 by Colchester United in the Carabao Cup and that's the last time Ballard featured for the League Two outfit.

This is because Ballard required surgery on his knee and has reportedly returned to Arsenal for treatment as he faces up to five months on the sidelines.

Ben Sheaf

Since sealing his move Doncaster Rovers, Sheaf has been getting plenty of game time.

He was ever-present in the opening three games of the League One season, registering an assist in a 3-2 win over Fleetwood Town and has been used as a defensive midfielder by manager Darren Moore.

Sheaf played 45 minutes of the 1-0 Carabao Cup first round loss against Grimsby Town, featured in the cup win over Lincoln City and has been getting regular 90 minute games.

Furthermore, he opened his account in the 7-1 win over Southend United in October.

Found it tough going against Burton Albion last month as he was hauled off at half-time are making an error which resulted in a goal for the away side.

Continues to be a regular for Doncaster, but suffered heartbreak in the FA Cup at the weekend as he played 90 minutes of the 3-0 defeat at the hands of Gillingham in the second round.

Dejan Iliev

With the season in Slovakia getting underway as early as July, Iliev is the Arsenal loanee with the most games under his belt so far.

17 to be exact.

Finally kept a clean sheet on his ninth appearance for SKF Sered and repeated the trick on his last two appearances, although he has conceded 24 in the process.

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William Saliba

One of six signings this summer, but Saliba is spending the season on loan with the French outfit instead of being with the Gunners.

However, his start to the season was delayed.

In August, Saliba underwent surgery on an adductor muscle injury and missed up to six weeks of action. He also returned to London Colney in September to step up his rehabilitation and even attended the 2-2 draw against Watford at Vicarage Road.

Saint-Etienne defender William Saliba gestures during the game against Bordeaux (NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Made his first league appearance of the season as a late sub against Nimes, started the Europa League draw against Wolfsburg and helped Saint-Etienne keep a clean sheet against Lyon.

Impressed Arsenal fans with his performance against Bordeaux and caught the eye once again as Saint-Etienne beat AS Monaco 1-0 last month as he shut down Wissam Ben Yedder.

Not featured since that Monaco game after breaking a bone in his foot which has kept him sidelined.

Eddie Nketiah

It's been a stunning start to the season for Arsenal's young attacker with Leeds United in the Championship.

He scored on his first appearance for Marcelo Bielsa's side - a 3-0 win over Salford City in the Carabao Cup and followed that up with the winning goal on his league debut against Brentford.

Nketiah also netted in Leeds' penalty shoot-out loss against Stoke City and helped himself to a hat-trick for the England u21's against Austria during the recent international break.

Eddie Nketiah celebrates scoring for Leeds against Preston (Lewis Storey/Getty Images)

In total, Nketiah has five goals in 14 appearances across all competitions for Leeds, but even his late equaliser against Preston North End wasn't enough to earn him a start away at Sheffield Wednesday a few days later.

The next task is to break into the Championship starting XI with all of his appearances so far coming off the bench.

It looked like he was a certainty to start against Queens Park Rangers last month, only for injury to deny him that chance, but is on the road to recovery.

Tom Smith

Signed on an emergency one month loan by BetVictor Southern League Premier South side Salisbury, Smith kept a clean sheet on his debut in a 1-0 win over Gosport Borough.

He made eight further appearances and tasted defeat for the against Metropolitan Police FC last month.

Mohamed Elneny

On his first league appearance for his loan club the Egypt international failed to complete 90 minutes - and not because of an injury scare or being substituted.

The midfielder saw red just 75 minutes into his debut for the Turkish side,as he lashed out after being elbowed by his opponent, who also saw red for his part in the incident.

What a start!

Has played in all five of Besiktas' Europa League games thus far which has yielded one victory.

Is also a regular in the league team and could feature against Kayserispor on Monday night.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Just like when he made his first Arsenal start, the Armenia international enjoyed a dream debut for AS Roma.

On the scoresheet after 22 minutes to give the Serie A side a 3-0 lead over Sassuolo, he would play the entire 90 minutes as his loan club ran out 4-2 winners at the Stadio Olimpico.

Picked up an injury the 1-0 win at Lecce at end of October and the Serie A club aren't happy with the Gunners.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrates after scoring on his debut for Roma (Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images)

"He was already complaining of a discomfort to the adductor and with this density of matches it was clear he could feel some discomfort," Paulo Fonseca did.

"As a preventive measure I had kept him out against Atalanta and he had recovered well. Then he got hurt against Lecce."

Returned to action as a substitute in the Europa League win over Istanbul Basaksehir last Thursday and then scored on his Serie A comeback against Verona at the weekend.

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