Tir Na Nog
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Country: Ireland
Don't get the reactions on here, don't think he's been playing well at all. Offers next to nothing in possession, let alone attacking areas, and only gets by because of his engine and rounded skill set that gets him maybe one good tackle per game in defensive areas. Will never be a RB or RWB. Should we praise him for the effort? That I can understand, but it is ridiculous that the first team of Arsenal FC only has one competent RB.
His performance in the second half vs United especially up against Martial was pretty good defensively and he did score the goal on Thursday but other than that I agree. There's nothing truly exceptional about his performances. When we move back to a back 4 there's absolutely no way in hell he should be playing at RB, perhaps at wing-back you get away with a bit more.
It's obvious that Emery's long term vision is in a 4-2-3-1 formation but is being forced to play a different formation due to a lack of competent full-backs currently. Our first choice wing-backs cannot play as full-backs. However as we progress we really need proper full-backs. So if there rumours about Wan Bissaka are true then I'd be totally supportive of using AMN as part of the deal. There's no future for him once we go back to 4-2-3-1. We won't be playing with wing-backs, he can't play RB and there's no way in hell he'll be chosen ahead of Xhaka, Guendouzi or Torreira as a midfielder. He'd end up just being a utility play way down the pecking order, which he'd fall further down as we improve the squad.