Nesta was a poor man's Maldini too, and he was pretty damn good. Im ok with that tag. If he is half as good as Maldini was, we're doing ok

I hope we sign the poor man’s Messi for our forward line too

Interviewer: what role do you see him having in the XI?
Arteta: "vibes"

Claudius I saw that previously, just don't buy it. Maybe he exaggerated the timeline but Calafiori only really became good under Motta who converted him to CB.

      Clrnc this guy was highly rated by folks like De Rossi and Motta before that. Issue was youth and injury. In fact, the Roma guys were pissed that he was sold for such a small amount with no sell-on.
      It sounds a lot like Gnabry to me.

        Don Pacifico

        It is! Short clip reminds me a little. Tall, strong, left footed, excellent timing, good balance..

          He wins the ball and then tends to release it quickly. Will help quicken our tempo which is a plus.

          Can drive forward with the ball like Sol Campbell too

            lorddulaarsenal he and Nwaneri also drive with the ball which is such a missing skill on our team. Both will be valuable because of that.

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              14 days later

              LB position is all his.

              His ball carries and progressive passes gives us the upside of Zinchenko, and his defensive strengths and athleticism gives us none of the downsides.

              Will be curious to see how long Arteta keeps playing Timber.

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              He reminds me of Lothar Matthaus in this. Such a progressor centrally

                Watching the game last night, I know he was officially playing LCB. I thought I would see him at LB inverting into midfield rather than one of the 3 CBs but that's their set up. However even playing as a LCB, at times looked like he was very central, almost like in the old school DM role where the DM drops back between the CBs to make a 3. Then when the ball was recovered pushes back into midfield.

                Clrnc looks like Maldini, plays like Beckenbauer

                  12 days later

                  I thought Timber did pretty well at the weekend, but this guy just oozes class. So effortless on the ball. It's like having a Zinchenko who can actually defend. I think he will end up being huge for us, in whatever position he ends up.

                  yeah, he looked great when he came on. The only one in our team that passed the ball forward with intent, and who carried the ball forward yesterday. Hell, he looked better then all of our midfielders combined. Would like to see more of him, but in won't be vs City