Chelsea and Arsenal have struggled in the league as they sit in fourth and sixth place respectively, with five points separating the two clubs.
Arsenal have won their last nine games in the process, which include three FA Cup titles and three Community Shields.
Toby Alderweireld has declared himself fully fit ahead of Tottenham's clash against Arsenal on 10 February after playing his first full 90 minutes against Newport.
Leemar's contribution this season has been considerably less impressive with three goals and five assists in a campaign where Monaco have also flattered to deceive.
Barcelona have ended their interest in Max Meyer in order to focus their attention in the summer pursuits of Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann and Arthur Melo.
Mauricio Pochettino says no decision has been made yet on Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld featuring against Arsenal on Saturday.
Pochettino thought Alli's simulation against Liverpool was merely a piece of football trickery, but Wenger did not agree with his managerial counterpart.
Cech has not trained since injuring his calf against Everton on Saturday and could be replaced by the often-maligned David Ospina.
Aubameyang sealed a £56m ($78m) transfer from Borussia Dortmund to the Emirates Stadium on 31 January.
AS Monaco star Thomas Lemar has reportedly turned down an offer of a new contract amid interest from both Liverpool and Arsenal.
Cech and Monreal suffered injury and illness respectively during Arsenal's win over Everton last weekend (3 February).
The forward made his first start for the Gunners in a remarkable fashion last weekend, leading to a hat-trick of assists against Everton.
Mathieu Debuchy left Arsenal for Saint-Etienne in January after the Gunners terminated his contract but had hoped to leave before last month.
Hans-Joachim Watzke has made it clear that Dortmund will not bow down to players' demands again after being held to ransom by Aubameyang and Dembele.
Petr Cech came off in the second-half of Arsenal's win over Everton after sustaining a calf injury following a collision with Oumar Niasse.
The lure of Italy's capital and North Rhine-Westphalia was not enough for Giroud, whose mind was made up after learning of Conte's desire to bring him to Chelsea.
The 29-year-old had just five months left on his previous deal and was looking likely to leave, having been linked with moves to Manchester United and Barcelona in the interim.
Everton's Sam Allardyce has revealed the reason behind his decision to drop Cenk Tosun and dismissed suggestions that Ademola Lookman could have helped avoid a drubbing by Arsenal.
Ramsey's hat-trick came moments before he was due to be subbed off, coming on the end of another Mkhitaryan cut-in as the Armenian also finished the game with three assists.
There is no concrete evidence to suggest that the injury is just a recurrence of the same hamstring injury that kept him out of action for the first half of the season.
Petr Cech and Nacho Monreal handed Arsenal two concerns ahead of the derby against Tottenham after both players were forced off during the 5-1 victory over Everton.
Aaron Ramsey notches a first career hat-trick, Henrikh Mkhitaryan racks up three assists and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang nets on his debut as Arsenal thrash Everton 5-1.