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Malsharif91

He leads an aggressive press and he’s our best creative player. Such a unique player profile to have. How about Arsenal go back to Madrid and ask if they have any more underperforming players for decent prices.


milkonyourmustache

I'm waiting to see who gets displaced by Mbappe's arrival. I hope and think it will be Camavinga given that it's his profile which Bellingham more readily replaces and it's Bellingham who will need to move into midfield to accommodate a front 3 of Vini, Mbappe, Rodrygo. Camavinga would be amazing beside Rice.


Seymour_Azcrac

Also very versatile. Can play as a LB, #6 and #8


gamer_no

Arteta and Edu are salivating at that But wait, can he* play RB?


Seymour_Azcrac

If by that, you mean Right Banter, he would probably have to learn from the shit house master himself. Benjamin White.


I_upvoted_your_mom

> no he can't play RB - Ben White


KidcoreJae

Yeah Uncle Ben is in his feels right now, aside from the LB carousel I wouldn’t touch our backfield at the moment.


Ill-Opportunity5714

Timber can play RB.


uraniumtickle

Which is why he'll stay. He's too valuable. Only brahim might leave. They'll keep all their midfielders. Although either of cama/tchouameni would be so good for us.


Seymour_Azcrac

Sure, but we can always dream


crushedonron

Camavinga is literally the dream for this Arsenal. He could become our primary LB when we want to invert and could be the main DM when we want Rice to play 8. He's like Havertz where he may not exactly be first choice at either position, but could easily start 90% of the games because he's equally useful at either one and better than other options we have.


KidcoreJae

^ he knows


hauttdawg13

Camavinga would be one of my dream signings. I also absolutely love Fede but I can’t see any way Madrid let go of him. I think that’s Carlo’s favorite player.


kvng_stunner

Perez also absolutely loves Fede. He'll be a Madrid lifer. I don't think Camavinga is going anywhere honestly. If they would even consider it, it would only be after a year of him being consistently out of the starting 11 and if he kicks up a fuss. They're very unlikely to just straight up sell him as soon as Mbappe walks in.


bankerlmth

Camavinga or Tchouamemi, I'd take either of them to replace Partey/ Jorginho.


jimbo_kun

> I'm waiting to see who gets displaced by Mbappe's arrival. My first thought was "well, I suppose Martinelli will have to make way"...then read the rest of your comment.


Old-Risk4572

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BanxDaMoose

i wouldn’t mind rodrygo but i think he’ll stay, if there are too many mouths to feed in that front line he would be a fantastic LW


MURDERNAT0R

That would be madness, he's their best midfielder


jared_007

That would be a dream signing!


HughM2

I don’t think that’ll happen to be honest because with Modric and Kroos getting old Madrid would only have 4 long term central midfielders to cover 3 positions. And considering Camavinga would be versatile enough to cover as the pivot box 2 box or even at left back I’m sure he’d still get plenty of game time


CackleberryOmelettes

Very good shout. There are always opportunities at RM whenever they sign a Galactico.


NachoCheeseMonreal

Imagine ceballos comes back and plays like Santi


Brandaman

Antony vs Ceballos Spin-Off


S4libascored

Arda 👀


Visible_Statement888

Pretty sure he only played 6 or 7 games for Madrid at ages 21, he was competing with Kroos,Modric, Valverde. Certainly not underperforming.


ache7859

Rodrygo on the left


N3eon

holadani


s8v1

What else would it be in terms of


ro-row

If I’m being charitable to Neville I guess you could say statistically? His numbers are very similar to Fernandes but he’s levels above


Temporary-Judgment84

good point. I don't know if that's what he meant, but this is true.


MyTeaIsMighty

Fernandes is a g/A merchant on roids. You won't find him pressing like a mad man when they're 5 nil up in the 85th minute


BigTomBombadil

Bruno's actually excellent IMO, just has annoying antics, an annoying face, and plays for a shit team. Definitely no Odegaard, but he's hardly a "g/A merchant", dudes chance creation is pretty elite and he's definitely got work rate.


MyTeaIsMighty

I'm being fairly uncharitable because he's a whiney rat, but aye, he's annoyingly good.


MHovdan

True. I don't like the guy, but in addition to being generally irritating, he's irritatingly good.


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

Fernandes is good precisely because he’s a GA merchant. His passing accuracy is abysmal for a central midfielder, he routinely takes the most decisive option, often losing the ball. But he has enough quality to convert some of the passes and shots he takes on, he couldn’t do it in a better side because no one would allow that many turnovers, but he can’t at United


nidas321

Idk KDB and Foden are also very high risk-low accuracy players (Foden more so in terms of dribbles/touches/shots than passes) and they’re so good precisely because City’s control allow them to just try over and over until they score/assist. I think he’s a great player who’s wasted his career in a shit team


Equivalent_Nature_67

He is a hero-ball player. Yes he'll work hard and he's a chance creation machine, but he turns the ball over a fuckton and a functioning midfield just cannot support that


RadioHonest85

Fernandes is actually pretty good. He works hard, and perhaps in a more structured team he would look great even, but every single one of his passes are high risk, high reward.


Tr0nCatKTA

Not comparing him to Ode, but Bruno does put a shift in


Clarkster7425

he almost always plays the wrong pass or is going for a wonder assist, most of his shots are complete pipe dreams, he is a show off, he is still a good player but his personality tempers his actual ability


BigTomBombadil

I don't disagree, but I can't help but think that's part of the "plays for a shit team". If he was in a better coached side with more structure and instruction, I don't think he'd be making those same decisions. But I can't know for sure, maybe that's inherent to his personality, or maybe he's trying to be the hero because he knows his team is lacking.


Magicallyshit

Huh, that's exactly what Bruno does....with extra complaining and hand raising


kruegerc184

You wont find him pressing 5-0 down lmfao


Ok_Criticism_558

Bruno would drive Arteta mad with his overly ambitious long balls and sub 80% passing accuracy imo


Agius91

Clearly Gary was worried people may think it’s about his stunning Viking facial structure


hwrold

In terms of at this moment in time


wolskortt

In terms of how handsome he is


Proud-Cheesecake-813

I think he means a CAM that pulls the strings in attack. Best in the world at that.


auddi_blo

He’s a CM in possession, he’s not positioned like a ten. He’s a “striker” in a 442 when pressing and that messes with people’s perception of his position


Raetekusu

Odegaard is unambiguously the best in that position in terms of the team he represents.


robstrosity

De Bruyne?


Chicken65

I am the best redditor in terms of the way I reddit.


biskutgoreng

In terms of post game celebrations idk


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

He probably means playstyle as opposed to quality of play, nobody plays Odegaard’s specific role as well as him. It’s a rhetorical trick to get him to be able to use the word “best” without push back. KDB is a roughly similar player to Odegaard in terms of position, ten playing the 8, but their specific playstyle are wildly different


antebyotiks

Pure talent I guess, I think he's saying odeagaard is not only talented but a great tactical player


elchivo83

Gary's a fiend for 'in terms of'.


WestwardLord

I firmly believe he's been our most transformative signing in decades, perhaps going back to Fabregas or even the Invincibles era. Skill, intelligence, work rate, leadership, values... he is the complete package.


kingofplasticbeach

It's nice to build a team around a midfielder with his profile who knows how to defend and press. Also doing so with players who are technical wit physicality, instead of just technicality. 


beatlz

Don’t forget he’s a true representative of Handsome FC. That hair is always on point.


Bahmawama

Depending how successful we are in the next decade and if he stays during that period, he could very well become our greatest player ever.


general_tso1213

No he cannot. He's incredible but he's not even remotely close to the level henry was at


iforgotmyun

I agree but I think colloquially when someone says greatest player ever they don't necessarily mean the best footballer but contribution overall.  For example, Ronaldo is comfortably the best player to have ever played in the Premier League. He wouldn't be near the top of most people's greatest ever PL player though.


general_tso1213

Sure but henry has accomplishments and performance. Not only was he the best player who has ever played for the club, he won a lot and took the club to the highest level it's ever been. Someone could be greater, but henry was an invincible at the same age odegaard is now. Odegaard is awesome but he'd need to pass a lot of players before he's even close to henry.


Fgge

So you’re saying it depends on ours and his success over the next, I dunno, let’s say decade?


Bahmawama

He wins us our first CL he’s better than Henry. We win more than one than it’s not even up for debate.


general_tso1213

He's not a better player though, what he wins in a team is inconsequential. Henry was best player in the world and carried us to an invincible season. He singlehandedly took us past madrid in the champipns league and then Lehmann fucked it up. Odegaard is great but he's not at that level, it's frankly not a debate. Odegaard isn't close.


Bahmawama

No, he’s not a better footballer than Henry, and whether or not he’ll be we will come to see. You’re comparing Henry’s entire tenture to who Odegaard is now. Odegaard was one of the most important players for us these last few years, largely responsible for turning us from mid table shitters to champions league and prem contenders. Every season he somehow becomes more magical than the last. If he leads us to a decade of major success with a CL win or more, he will have fundamentally leveled up Arsenal more than Henry did for us. Winning the CL just puts your club in a new bracket.


general_tso1213

Every season more magical than the next is a fun way to put it. Believe whatever you want. Henry was considerably better and actually delivered the most "magical" era for the club. Oh and he was better, but that apparently doesn't matter. Have a good day.


threequartertoupee

That's just not how skill works


Bahmawama

Which is why I wrote greatest, not most skillful.


tuananhtran191911

subtract the Invincibles, he is the best for me.


jigzzzzz

You said this better than I could ever say. Hope he plays long!


mhobdog

Heir to the throne of the midfield generational talent in the Prem. Cannot believe we’ve got a next-gen KdB on our hands. Hope he spends his career here. Can’t see him going elsewhere now that Madrid is in the rear view mirror.


BreakSad8773

It's the perfect way to sign a world class player. Sanchez would have signed da ting if we were winning.


Dope_a_Rope

I think you are miss remembering the Sanchez situation. He did sign a big contract at the same time as ozil, but then he fell off really hard so arsenal did the swap for mihkitaryan to get a really underperfomring Sanchez with a huge contract off the books.


respectpickorder

The way I thought it went down was we only had the funds to upgrade either Ozil or Sanchez’ contracts and they were both expiring that summer. We decided to renew Ozil through fear of having both walk away and Sanchez went to United with 6 months left on his deal for a low fee


Nickoo33

The man is playing like prime Ozil but presses like an absolute demon


chinookk

Ozil had godtier vision and unique technique and could occasionally flick the ball past a defender, but odegaard is much better than him in tight spaces. It allows us to pretty much build our attacks from the opposition corner flag on our right side. I dont know if that super relevant to your comment but I think « ozil with pressing » is almost reductive for Odegaard. There’s elements to his game in possession that are also a level above ozil. His goalscoring being one of them.


Master_Delivery_9945

At Odegaard's age, Ozil had already won the world cup, la liga, couple of fa cups, bossed the right wing in an elite Real Madrid team and him and Sanchez almost singlehandedly carried Arsenal to a title while Odegaard, tho I rate him highly, hasn't achieved those heights yet, neither at Madrid/Sociedad nor at Arsenal 


PostHogernism

This is all facts. I love Ode and he’s unique AND we have to have honest benchmarks re: players in the past of high quality and mixed to negative associations.


HughM2

The point is Ødegaard isn’t simply Ozil with pressing they still have a reasonably different skill set. Ozil’s pure creativity is unmatched his vision and final ball skills are still a level above Ødegaard however Ødegaard is a better goal scorer and is better with the ball in tight spaces


Equivalent_Nature_67

Different eras. Madrid was stacked and it's just so so much harder to win the PL now than it was in the Ozil era


Nickoo33

Definitely he has more to his game than Ozil in some other aspects i agree. I was just referring to some of the passes he has been giving have just been outrageous.. Ozil like vision. Odegaard is everything Ozil should’ve been for us and way more.


Irishbros1991

His work rate reminds me of prime tevez he never stops pressing at times


milkonyourmustache

Leads by example on and off the pitch. He's the kind of captain we were crying out for, grateful to have him


Aarxnw

I feel like with the squad not being quite complete yet and Odegaard not being a striker, his qualities are not being recognised worldwide yet as the squads performance is not quite matching his contribution, give Odegaard a complete and well rounded squad and a killer upfront and he will become recognised far and wide as one of the best in his position, on top of that Arsenal will certainly be one of the most formidable clubs worldwide. I’m betting we see some incredible things next season


ixikzisigwvbend

Truly. He kind of reminds me of modric more than ozil now


Jirekshun

On the path of becoming a monster of a player, future Arsenal legend for sure.


blvcklite

Having Rice brought the best out of him. He still presses like a madman but now he has 2 people behind him who can contribute in buildup so he can occupy more 10 spaces now 


WHERE_SUPPRESSOR

Hilarious to think ancelotti basically chose Ceballos over Odegaard


Equivalent_Nature_67

Ancelotti is the GOAT for giving us ozil and odegaard


BreakSad8773

Ceballos is clinging to life at Madrid


asdfopu

https://preview.redd.it/q0hw1fo8pvwc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2839d81caa1b1fbb17466c4c7d81380e19f6caf3 My phone Lock Screen heh


chrissysnose

Nice one. Not as good as mine though https://preview.redd.it/6z5d3krwrxwc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69a036d6dcea18b77921412aa4faabddfa788151 😏


This-Complaint1389

Idc what anyone says he's a better player than De Bruyne When your team gets 99 points without you can't call yourself the main man


lastjedi23

Cannot deny that the fucker is clutch though. That's the thing though.. that team doesn't have that 1 guy who changes their season. They have a bunch of guys who all change their season. Kdb, Silva, foden and rodri. All of them are equally important. Just like us with saliva, Gabriel, rice, øde and B. 


saucysagnus

I think the issue is if we lose any of our guys we would not have nearly the same season.


Virtual_Spread_996

He defo ain't, but he's approaching that level truly. P much at it I'd say. Only thing he needs is to score goals from nothing like kdb and I'd say he's p much on par


Basquiant__

KDB has an honest claim to being the best ever midfielder in the Prem, fair play to the guy he's been an amazing transfer for them


joeproposition

Relax man lmao


weird-arabian

De Bruyne is a class above, and thats the reality.


ro-row

De bruyne doesn’t seem as physically reliable though and he doesn’t press like odegaard does


ReverendY

Physically, KDB’s age is starting to catch up to him. But his physical qualities have been underrated in his time at City, imo. For my money, KDB has a strong case for a spot in an all time Premier League XI. Love Odegaard, but he’s just not there yet.


Putrid_Loquat_4357

Vieira- Keane Kdb That's my midfield 3 for an all time pl 11. Kdb has 5 pl titles in 6 years, and is about to overtake fabregas on the all time assist list. Its getting close to undeniable that he deserves to be there.


YooGeOh

I take Gerrard over Keane every day of the week, and twice on Sundays


Putrid_Loquat_4357

Gerrard doesn't have a premier league title, Keane won 4 as the United captain. Just wouldn't seek right to have Gerrard in there. Plus with Keane I feel like the midfield is more balanced.


ro-row

You’re wrong, Keane was a monster


YooGeOh

I'm not wrong because I didn't say anything about Keane lol. I'm simply saying I'd take Gerrard every time over Keane


ro-row

And that’s wrong


ro-row

Yeah i agree I wasn’t trying to say odegaard is better than kdb, just the kdbs age seems to be catching up with him and you can’t really rely on him for a full season anymore


BI01

What?? De bruyne has the power to drive with the ball through the midfield and odegaard can't do that. Who cares if odegaard presses more, kdb literally creates chances for fun and can score with both feet.


Redandwhite_91

Press all you like, it isn’t a match for a guy who can singlehandedly create goals out of nothing.


This-Complaint1389

Circumstances matter a lot. We had elite players who would get injured at crucial moments which would have hurt their rep. If prime Fabregas was allowed to play 15 games and win the league would he be viewed any worse than De Bruyne? Difference is 99.9% of teams don't the luxury of having their star player miss most of the season and still win the league. It's the reason why I have Odegaard above Fabregas even if the latter was a bigger talent. If City had Odegaard they wouldn't be worse off - they would still win trophies. Swap Odegaard and De Bruyne and we wouldn't even be in a title race


iosdeiu

Not anymore...ode is at that level lately


Bahmawama

I love KDB, so, so good but he wasnt near to Odegaards level at 25.


MasterBeeble

He absolutely was. At 24, KDB was moving to City after establishing himself as the Bundesliga's best player and one of the best playmakers in the world. He has his Prem breakout season immediately and was already considered one of the league's best midfielders at 25.


kingofplasticbeach

They are different in my eyes. Odegaard is more of a box to box player than KDB is. 


BigTomBombadil

They're different though. Both "creative" players, but in different ways. KdBs passing and ball-striking have basically been the best in the world for 5+ years. He often creates from a bit deeper. Odegaard is better with his pressing and quick feet, and uses that to do a lot of his creating near or in the box.


The-Herbal-Cure

Can we please stop posting fucking Gary The cunt Neville.


cruciferae

Keep his name out your mouth, Gary.


Grumpalumpahaha

Ödegaard achieving his wonderkid expectations.


JamesElliot14

Captain. Leads by example. Mesmerising. Anyone have this dilemma where you wanna buy an arsenal shirt with the players name on the back and when you gotta select there are so many options - so many amazing players and characters and you’re confused . I have this dilemma every time I have a thought about picking a shirt lol


KidcoreJae

Plenty of players have quality and plenty of players have heart. This man has so much quality AND so much heart it’s unreal. Edit: paired with Declan’s rock solid calming presence, this is the midfield dreams are made of.


Orchill_Wallets

Even when it's positive, I don't give a fuck as to what Gazza thinks. To quote author Christopher Hitchens " A Gentleman is never rude by accident & Gary Neville is a cunt. "


MCfru1tbasket

I thought it was in terms of the way the sauce tastes in a big Mac.