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Mikel Arteta and Leandro Trossard (Pictures by Marco Luzzani, Alex Pantling/Getty Photographs)
Arsenal star Leandro Trossard is being singled out for criticism after the Gunners suffered one other defeat final night time in opposition to Inter Milan within the Champions League.
A penalty from Hakan Calhanoglu in first half stoppage time was sufficient to provide Inter a 1-0 victory over Mikel Arteta’s aspect, who additionally misplaced 1-0 away to Newcastle within the Premier League final weekend.
Trossard has been given the troublesome job of making an attempt to switch Martin Odegaard’s spark in midfield, and it’s honest to say it’s not figuring out in any respect properly for the Belgium worldwide.
Varied media retailers have given Trossard a really low score for his efficiency in opposition to Inter, with Objective amongst these to provide him solely 4/10 as they slammed his “sloppy” show.
Leandro Trossard in motion for Arsenal (Picture by George Wooden/Getty Photographs)
In the meantime, the Specific additionally gave him simply 4/10 and famous that he was too usually taking on the flawed positions, too far-off from major front-man Kai Havertz.
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Leandro Trossard blocking Ethan Nwaneri?
Though anybody would battle to switch Odegaard within the Arsenal midfield, there’s a case for saying that they’ve a greater choice than Trossard within the type of wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri.
See beneath as AFTV make the case for Nwaneri beginning over Trossard after he had a optimistic influence when he got here off the bench in opposition to Inter final night time…
Mikel Arteta must DROP Leandro Trossard! ? #FanCams pic.twitter.com/Jx1ysA2C9f
— AFTV (@AFTVMedia) November 7, 2024
Trossard has had some actually optimistic moments in an Arsenal shirt, however it’s clear that he’s struggling in the intervening time, so it is likely to be clever for Mikel Arteta to drop him quickly.
For one factor, it makes little sense to maintain selecting a extra skilled participant who isn’t performing if it’s going to make the crew worse while additionally blocking an enormous expertise like Nwaneri.
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We’ve seen related gamers like Cesc Fabregas and Jack Wilshere make an influence for Arsenal at that form of age earlier than, and Nwaneri appears very clearly like he’s as much as the job.
Trossard has usually labored higher as a super-sub anyway, so having him on the bench as an choice to introduce later in video games might be simply what’s required to assist get him again to type.
