Exclusive: Fabrizio Romano insists Arsenal youngster is already “world class” after performance vs Chelsea

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Arsenal earned an important 1-0 win away to Chelsea in the Premier League yesterday afternoon, and Fabrizio Romano has picked out the players he felt were most impressive in the game.

Writing in his exclusive column for CaughtOffside’s Substack, Romano singled out the back four as being key for the Gunners as they picked up an impressive result at Stamford Bridge.

Gabriel Magalhaes got forward from defence to score the winning goal for Arsenal, but Romano singled out young French centre-back William Saliba as being “world class” already.

The Italian journalist was also full of praise for Ben White and Oleksandr Zinchenko for the level they performed at, and it’s certainly true that this looks like the best back four Arsenal have had for many years.

Ben White in action for Arsenal in their 1-0 win over Chelsea

The north London giants used to boast legendary players like Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole in their defence, but things went downhill for them when they signed the likes of David Luiz and Sokratis Papastathopoulos in recent years.

Arsenal look like title contenders again now, and Romano has made it clear he thinks it’s their back four that’s making the difference.

“This was a very impressive win for Arsenal. They have a fantastic defence, really. Saliba is world class player, Gabriel Magalhaes is doing fantastic and they trusted both of them during the whole summer,” Romano said.

“Also Ben White and Zinchenko are playing at top level. I’m not surprised because they were really convinced of the project since day one.”

It’s an exciting time to be an Arsenal fan, with Mikel Arteta doing a great job of turning things around at the Emirates Stadium after a disappointing end to the Arsene Wenger era, a poorly-judged decision to hire Unai Emery as the legendary Frenchman’s replacement, and initial struggles when Arteta first took the job.

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4 Comments

  1. Yesterday our defence was more settled and could pass the ball within the 18yards area with confidence. Happy days are really back. However, I am interested in how we will play Newcastle St James Park.

  2. I’m just concern about Ries Nelson who is also a world class player not getting more game time in the Premier league, otherwise we will lose him just like we lost Gnabri.

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