I fear the world of football has officially gone nuts.
This dude is a seriously good footballer.
I wish Jorge was here as he would back me up though obviously he would embarrass me with a knowledge or statistic based on his youth career.
Well no, not really.
The Pole is your more standard defensive midfield footballer, his primary role being to stop the opposition from playing while also being very adept at the whole football thing himself, which is nice.
The Swiss Albanian is not a defensive midfield footballer, never really was/is.
Yes, you and I may know that, but, as we've seen, Wenger nowadays has .. individual ideas about what a midfielder is or is not.
Surely if He wanted a big lump that could actually trap the ball in there, He would use any of His collection of surplus centre halves, wouldn't He. Just like He used to.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."