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Guardian article: "Wonderkid Gedion Zelalem has world at his feet"

Klaus

Seeing that picture makes it feel like it happened just a few minutes ago.

flobaba

Didn't score. Didn't assist. He's shit. :-|

y va marquer

The fans sang "That's Gedion" to the tune of "Let's get it on" when he was introduced 🙂

Love the tune that they picked for this

Rex

Boy has the most valuable commodity in the modern game - time when there is none. He always looks as if he has all the time in the world on the ball. Only the very best players have that; Özil has it, Fabregas has it, Iniesta has it, Xavi has it.

Segway

Liked what Wenger said about him having personality in his passing. So true. Can't wait to see more of him.

flobaba

Ah, posted that, then kinda felt, hmm unnecessary, and then I was like, nah, fuckit. 🙂

lorddulaarsenal

Comes across well in the vid linked in this article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2545747/Arsene-Wenger-set-hand-Gedion-Zelalem-pro-contract-assured-teen-born-AFTER-Frenchman-took-charge-Gunners.html

I think he'll go on to be world class. Unique way about him

Biggus

Rex wrote:
Boy has the most valuable commodity in the modern game - time when there is none. He always looks as if he has all the time in the world on the ball. Only the very best players have that; Özil has it, Fabregas has it, Iniesta has it, Xavi has it.

Careful Rex you'll spoil your Barcelona dress.

Claudius

F those Barca boys. If you want to talk time, talk Riquelme and Zidane.

Rex

True that, Claude, those two were both prime examples of the same.

kamikaze

bergkamp too. anyone with a great first touch will create more space and time for themselves. i remember an article where van persie talked about the avg time that a player had until he was tackled, and how it shrank dramatically from the backline to the frontline (as you'd expect). for a CF, it was like .5 seconds or something ridiculous like that.

Klaus

A young van Persie used to love taking a couple of extra touches on the ball before he released it, though. I wonder if that was part of the reason he was injured so much. I remember a number of nasty challenges that could have been avoided if he'd been quicker to just pass the ball.

Rex

Then you have Özil who somehow always seems to just glide away from oncoming defenders despite holding on to the ball.

Klaus

Özil is a better and much quicker footballer though.

lorddulaarsenal

Ozil is supreme. Master of throwing the opponent off balance

Tam

Looks so effortless to him too. Bet he'd give you a run for your money on the dance floor Dula

Volante

Klaus

One would think that he'll settle for Germany in the end.

Interesting comment below the article though:

As I understand it, the issue with Gedion is not with his inability to acquire US citizenship [which apparently he is eligible for without any issues per journalists, his father]. Rather, it is that at present he needs to maintain his German citizenship in order to maintain his EU passport and play for Arsenal without the necessity of a work permit which, at this point, would require an appeal as he does not meet the minimum requirements. Germany, unlike other countries, would rescind his German citizenship were he to seek American citizenship without any special reason.

I'm not entirely sure that's the case - I know people who have dual Swedish and German citizenship, for instance - but I'm not well versed on the finer details. It might be some form of special EU arrangement.

Irishgunner

Yeah, I know french and german dual citizens. May be an issue outside of the EU though, like Klaus says.

Volante

He should play for England.

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