Country: USA
Player:Saliba
How about bellerin in wenger’s era?
It seems you all forget how good he can be.
For now, maybe it’s injury, maybe it’s form/fitness, that he is not performing as good as he is capable of.
But he is still young. And especially when we have seen how great he can be at his highest level, why not give him a bit more time to see if he can get back to that standard?
If time is given and he fails, then it’s fair to get rid. But I don’t think now is the time to do that.
Bellerin was never a particularly great passer And didn’t make up for it by being a great defender either. He’d just play a lot of give and goes and was very quick off the mark. The interest in Cedric is because his ability on the ball allows him to compensate for our lack of a 3rd midfielder. His two footedness makes it harder for opponents shut down passing lanes and force him to play back to the CB (as is often Bellerin’s only choice).
Whether or not this means he’s a better player we have yet to see