One thing I know for sure is that this dude is a big presence in the midfield, and you can rely on him to give you goals from headers and late winners too
@@kb101ist Wish we could sign him, but I think he’s going to Barca unfortunately. He’s clearly close with Yamal too, so makes sense. Neto is who I think we’ll sign and he starts over him too.
Rice will be playing 8 throughout the season with either partey/jorginho as 6 and merino will play 6 if rice is in the team but can also play 8 as cover for rice
@@applenuts yeah think it’ll be more a double pivot similarly to what we saw with Jorginho and Rice. Merino and Rice will have the freedom to go forward or drop in at 6 for each other. Odegaard will have more of a free role this season
He would be very effective in the big games when the need for defensive solidity is crucial ...he also seems to have the sliding ruler pass behind the lines ...Martinelli thrived with those types of passes when Xhaka was in the team.
Is anyone else struggling to pick him out in any of these videos? He seems to have an amazing ability to be heavily involved in play but also be completely invisible
I'm from seeing a clip when he was at Newcastle...yeah, I'm also surprised he's been in the EPL and he was good. Arteta will dust this one off in ways you can't begin to imagine. I want rough midfielders who can pass...
@@homoerectus3355kid is right watch him cook this season ODEGGARD is already superior on the right with saka and Ben white. This dude with his range of passing and defending with an strong defender dehind him also Declan rice or partey arsenal I'd gonna cook believe me😮😮
@@homoerectus3355 I disagree with that I just think he fits arteta system well. Great box to box midfielder to have. martinelli can finally flourish with his range of passing. Another good defensive player as well
It's great that we have a new left hand side possibley of merino at the left 8 then calafiori or timber at lb it will really help martinelli who struggled last season without xhaka
Please add a player highlighter, or pause a moment before every clip. Its difficult to even spot the player, whether he is attacking or defending etc. Or you can group clips jersey wise or play-wise. Thanks.
The Spanish Granit Xhaka, with more Flair, more Techniques (he's Spaniard) & An Arial Monster In The Box...28 Years of Experience, Welcome To ArsenalFC
Looks good defensively and physically but with only 1 assist and mid passing highlights (ik doesnt mean everything) i doubt he replicates xhaka’s last season and im hesitant to believe if he will revive “the triangle” of zinchenko, gabi, and xhaka
@@gasarasifabian9814arsenal is just trailing behind Barca's transfer target LMAO. Hansi Flick has been eyeing this player way before Arsenal, who’s just FOMO-ing Euro
We don’t need him, we need a more of Modric type of midfielder that would support Odegard in Attacking and Rice or Partey in defending and that’s not him 🙅🏻♂️
You literally just explained why we need him he will be Xhaka replacement in that LCM spot Rice will be Holding mid long term although Partey will play some games as CDM too
Everyone who mentioned martinelli further supports why we don't need Merino. Whilst more skillful than xhaka his passing range and ability is not at xhakas level so he wont be helping martinelli, secondly we don't need a left sided 8 as we already have rice (and if we did want to get a left side 8 it would have to be an offensive player like olmo or eze) and finally why do we feel the need to accommodate martinelli who is terrible and has no ability whatsoever when we can buy proper skillful and technical winger like kudus eze bakayoko etc?
@@nikhilpanwar3126he trusted Zinchenko and Jesus 💁♂️ he can’t get it right all the time bro, this guy isn’t worth the hype and if we have rice we don’t need him, Arteta should focus more on our attacking strength in the midfield
his forward passing is excellent but he he cant stay on his feet in duels, his tall which is good for EPL but his stamina & balance is bad his recovery pace is not good too. i haven't seen much but i think we we should have gone for youssouf forfana, his strength, his forward carries and passes. height speed he was closest to partey. this guy is not good enough am sorry
