12 Nov 2024
Are Arsenal still in the title race?
WG: "I have to believe that Arsenal are still in the title race, despite it being very difficult. They've only picked up two points in recent games, that's not enough to be the champions of England. After 10 games, we can already see that Arsenal are not the same team as last year, they looked stronger before."
Does Cole Palmer disappear out of these big games?
WG: "Cole Palmer is only 22 years old. He does have to reach another level and be the main player in these big games, he needs to shine. Palmer has time to improve in the kind of games. Maybe we will see in the next big game where he usually makes the difference."
Could Chelsea finish above Arsenal at the end of the season?
WG: "Chelsea are surprising everyone at the moment, even me. I thought they would be better this season, and maybe qualify for Europe, but I didn't expect them to be above Arsenal in third. I don't think they will finish in the top three, but I can see them finishing in the top four. "
Have recent games shown us that Kai Havertz isn’t the man to fire the Gunners to major trophies?
WG: "Kai Havertz has never ever been the right man to take Arsenal to the Premier League title. Havertz is a good player, but he's not top class. I'm sorry, but he's nowhere near a world-class level, Arsenal need a player to replace him at striker."
Should Arsenal be in the race to sign Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting?
WG: "Arsenal have no chance of signing Viktor Gyokeres, he will choose Man United. Gyokeres will follow Ruben Amorim to Man United, I think Gyokeres would suit Man United's team too."
Victor Osimhen showed what he can do against Spurs, could he be the striker to come in at the Emirates and make a difference?
"I still don't understand why Victor Osimhen is at Galatasaray, he needs to play in the Premier League and he can play at the top level at Arsenal. It's difficult to understand football sometimes, he played really well at Napoli, then made a move to Galatasaray, who are a big club but he needs to be playing at a higher level.
"Arsenal need a striker like Osimhen, the club needs to wake up, it's obvious and simple, they need a striker. You need a strong squad to compete with each other, that's how Man City and Liverpool stay at such a high level, if you have the same starting XI every week then the performances level will drop. All the Man City players are international players and even the ones on the bench, that's the level Arsenal need to reach."
Have Van Dijk and Konate surpassed Saliba and Gabriel as the best defensive partnership in the league?
WG: "Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are the best defensive partnership in the Premier League at the moment, not William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhães. Nottingham Forest's defence have been very good too but that is unexpected. The team is very compact and I think they will be in trouble in the second part of the season, they have no experience in the squad and they could have injuries which will effect them a lot."
Should Arsenal rescue Arda Guler from Real Madrid’s bench like they did with Martin Odegaard?
WG: "I don't know how good Arda Guler is, could he be the next Martin Odegaard and join Arsenal? Maybe. But he seems like a fighter and I can imagine him fighting for a spot in the Real Madrid XI, despite the big names playing ahead of him right now. I was in the same position at Marseille, it was a different situation but I worked hard in training sessions and made it into the team. If Guler feels he can't make it into the XI because the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham are playing ahead of him, then maybe he will leave. But if he has the mentality, he will stay and fight for a position and minutes."
What is Chelsea’s best XI?
WG: "The best Chelsea XI is; Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, Romeo Lavia, Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke, Pedro Neto and Nicolas Jackson.
"Enzo Fernandez is on the bench. The problem with him is that you need to change your whole system to accommodate him. You can't put Fernandez next to Caicedo because he won't defend. Fernandez's game is 65% attack and 35% attack, Neto, Palmer, Madueke and Jackson won't defend so Caicedo would have to defend by himself. That's why Lavia plays ahead of him."
Has Enzo Maresca been the best manager at Chelsea in recent years? Best since Conte? Tuchel?
WG: "Enzo Maresca has been the best manager Chelsea have had since Thomas Tuchel, he's better than Graham Potter, Frank Lampard and Mauricio Pochettino. Will he be better than Tuchel or Antonio Conte? We have to wait a long time to see that."
What's going on at Tottenham? They lost against Ispwich.
WG: "Tottenham are not consistent at all. How can you comfortably win against Aston Villa and Man City, but lose to Ipswich Town? Tottenham have been like this for years, I'm trying not to swear but how is this possible? For the former Tottenham players, it's hard to comprehend this. The fans are more accepting of these results, but the players need to take responsibility. They are not 100% focused in these more simple games. They were not as concentrated as they were against Aston Villa.
"Even if Tottenham go and win against Man City, that is still a big problem. You can't be that inconsistent. That is a fault of the players, not Ange Postecoglou. You can't blame the manager, he's playing similar players and a similar system as he did against Aston Villa. If they lost against Liverpool or Arsenal, then it's understandable, but a loss against Ispwich is not."
Are Liverpool the best team in the Premier League, maybe the world, at the moment?
WG: "We need to calm down before we label Liverpool as the best team in the world right now. They have to go win the Champions League. Beating teams in the group stage doesn't mean they are the best team in the world, yet. Liverpool, however, are the best team in the Premier League.
"Barcelona look very good, I'd say they're probably the best team in the world. They have destroyed Real Madrid and Bayern Munich soon. They're a very scary team to play at the moment."
Is Mbappe the reason Jude Bellingham is nowhere near the level he was at?
WG: "Kylian Mbappe needs to work on his movement, the striker position looks hard for him to play. Vinicius Jr is as good as Mbappe on the left wing, and his previous years at Real Madrid has given him the priority on the left side. Former Real Madrid strikers can help Mbappe on how to play his position better.
"If you're Jude Bellingham and have Mbappe in front of you, it will be hard for him to score the same amount of goals as last season. Bellingham was an all-round midfielder at Borussia Dortmund, then he worked really well down the middle with Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo. But, Bellingham needs to adapt now Mbappe is taking up that central role.
"The player Bellingham needs to adapt his play style to is Frank Lampard, and treat Kylian Mbappe as Didier Drogba. Bellingham needs to adapt his runs the way Lampard did, and find Mbappe when he's on the ball. If Mbappe and Bellingham can replicate the partnership that Lampard and Drogba had, they will score countless amounts of goals. Adapting won't make them worse, even thought they're the champions of Europe, it can make them an even better team if they do adapt."
Pogba has been linked to Marseille, but Emmanuel Petit said Arsenal should try sign Pogba, what do you think?
WG: "Can Paul Pogba go back to the Premier League? I don't think so, because the Premier League is very intense. We know Pogba can't play for a very long time. He will show desire to play and probably train very hard, but it's tough for him to play a lot of games in the Premier League for a whole season. Clubs like Arsenal will think twice before signing Pogba. If you buy Pogba, there's a gurantee that he won't last the whole season without an injury, especially at 31 years old."
Kante is still playing for the National team, should Manchester City sign him as back up for Rodri?
WG: "Ngolo Kante would be a great solution to Man City's problem without Rodri, but I can't see him coming back to the Premier League. He's happy where his in Saudi Arabia, even an offer from Man City won't bring him back."
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