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‘I’d expect’: Gary Neville reckons £45m Arsenal player is going to change position next week
It’s b🌜een something of a mixed bag for Arsenal to start this season.
Seven points from an available nine isn’t a bad retur🍎n whatsoever, but𒅌 each of the Gunners’ three performances so far have been unconvincing.
They nearly threw away a two-goal lead against Nottingham Forest, they sneaked past 🥃ꦚCrystal Palace with a penalty, and they, of course, dropped points against Fulham.
Arsenꦐal, quite simply, haven’t looked as fluid as they once did, and according to Gary Neville, something needs to⛦ change.
Speaking on his , the pundit has called for Mikel Arteta to stop using Thomas Partey as a right-back, claiming that he should shift back into midfield with Arsenal using a more solid▨ back four next week against Manchester United.
Move Partey
Neville shared his verdict on the pl๊ayer’s position.
“Looking at Arsenal. The✃re’s an element of experimentation, full-backs who think they can play in midfield, midfielders who think they c💫an play at full-back, Partey has sort of played half and half in a game. There’s an element of you sort of have to go back to basics and I’d expect next week that Arteta will end that experiment and he will go with a solid back four and move Partey into the midfield with Rice and maybe Odegaard,” Neville said.
Change it
It’s all well and good experimenting in this way against teams like Forest, Palace and Fulham, but this weekend against Manchester United will b♑e an old-school battle between two evenly-matched sides.
Arsenal can’t muck about against United, because any weakness will be exploited toꦇ the full extent, and, as Neville says, the Gunners’ best bet is to use Partey in a more familiar position and try to dominate this game in the same way they did last season.
Arsenal need to 🍷retಞurn to what worked so well for them last term.