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Pundit compares Arsenal ace Joe Willock to ex-Manchester United maestro

Trevor Sinclair has told that Arsenal midfielder Joe Willock could benefit from the European Championships being put back to Euro 2021.

During his piece on players who could now make♑ the England squad, he also compared the midfield maestro to ex-Manchester United player Michael Carrick.

Willock has enjoyed a decent campaign during 2019/20, playing♋ 32 games and scoring four goa𒊎ls for the Gunners.

(Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Th🦩e academy graduate has been used💯 on a sporadic basis by current boss Mikel Arteta and he will be hoping for more starts next season.

He has featured just six times from the start during the current campaign and probably wouldn’t have made Gareth Southgate’s sq🍸uad this 🌠summer.

Willock now has another year to get hims🌟elf in the national manager’s plans and Sinclair has praised the youngster.

“I think Joe Willock at Arsenal has done well and he could be an💟other one for 🍃Euro 2021.

“He’s been thrown in at the deep end but he’s done well. He’s neat and tidy and good on tඣhe ball.

“He reminds me a bit of Michael Carrick.”

The former England midfielder and Premier League star was vastly underuꦕsed by t⛄he Three Lions.

He collected 34 caps but having played 464 times for a dominant Manchester United, Ca🐲rrick should have been a regular.

Now on the coaching staff under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, he won everything there is to win at Old Trafford🍒.

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Carrick claimed five Premier League titles, one FA Cup, two L🍨eague Cups, a Champions League and a Europa League during a trophy-laden career.

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The real beauty of Willock is that he is extr🗹emely versatile when it comes to playing in central midfield.

This season alone he has played a🥂s a No.10, in the holding role and as a box-to-box central midfielder.

Carrick was a joy to behold when he was in full flow. His style of play was effortless as he displayed a superb a🗹rray of passing, spraying balls all over the park.

If Willock can achieve half of what Carrick d🐲id dur✃ing his playing days, Arsenal and England would be onto a winner.

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